open my $fh1, 'first.csv'; my @first = <$fh1>; close $fh1; open my $fh2, 'second.csv'; my @second = <$fh1>; close $fh2; FIRST: foreach my $line (@first) { foreach my $otherline (@second) { if ( $line eq $otherline ) { print "Found a duplicate!\n"; next FIRST; } } }