#!/usr/bin/perl -w #use strict; $file1= "StatusRegs.txt"; $file2 = "RegsUNQ.txt"; open (ONE, $file1) or die "Couldn't open $file1: $!\n"; open (TWO, $file2) or die "Couldn't open $file2: $!\n"; while ($line1 = ) { $line2 = ; if ($line1 ne $line2) { print "$line1 does not equal $line2 at line $.\n"; } else { print "$line1 is the same in both files at line $.\n"; } }