open my $OUTFILE, ">", "outfile.csv" or die "oh noo: $!"; open my $IN1, "<", "infile1.csv" or die "bummer1: $!"; open my $IN2, "<", "infile2.csv" or die "bummer2: $!"; while (<$IN1>){ chomp; print $OUTFILE $_; my $line2 =<$IN2>; chomp $line2; my @f = split/,/, $line2; print $OUTFILE ",$f[1]\n"; } close $IN2 or die $!; close $IN1 or die $!; close $OUTFILE or die $!;