#!/usr/local/bin/perl $logFl = "xyz.log"; open (FIRSTFH, "> $logFl") || die "couldn't open file...$!\n"; print FIRSTFH "This is from first script\n"; system("script2.pl $logFl"); seek (FIRSTFH, 0, SEEK_END); print FIRSTFH "This is second print in first script\n"; ~