#!/usr/bin/perl use 5.010; use strict; use warnings; open my $fh,'<','file1.doc' or die "can't open file:"; open my $fh2,'>>','file2.doc' or die "can't open file:"; while(<$fh>) { print $fh2 "$_"; } close $fh2 or die "can't close file:"; close $fh or die "can't close file:";