#! perl -slw use strict; open ONE, '<', $ARGV[0] or die $!; open TWO, '<', $ARGV[1] or die $!; until( eof( ONE ) ) { chomp( my $one = ); chomp( my $two = ); print "$one\t$two"; } close ONE; close TWO; __END__ c:\test>junk11 file1 file2 one 1 two 2 three 3 four 4 five 5 six 6 seven 7 eight 8 nine 9 ten 10