use warnings; use strict; open( F1, "subsettest.txt" ) or die "file1: $!"; open( F2, "subsettest1.txt" ) or die "file2: $!"; while ( my $s1 = ) { my $s2 = ; if ( $s1 =~ /^>/ ) { print $s1; } else { print $s2,$s1; } } close F1; close F2; exit;