my $dst = "C:\\Users\\Administrator\\Desktop\\Perl_Scripts\\8312032_Security.evtx"; my $src = "C:\\Users\\Administrator\\Desktop\\Perl_Scripts\\8312032_System.evtx"; open (my $dsth, ">>", $dst) or die qq(can't open "$dst" for appending: $!); open (my $srch, "<", $src) or die qq(can't open "$src" for reading: $!); print {$dsth} <$srch>; close ($srch); close ($dsth);