this is main code causing the problem 
print "Testing File:\n";
$file = <STDIN>;
print "Output File:\n";
$file2 = <STDIN>;



open (FILE, "<$file");
open (OUT, ">TRUE_OUTPUTS");

open (FILE2, "<$file2");
open (OUT2, ">COMPARE");


while (<FILE>) {

if ($_ =~ m/^\d\s+\d/) {print OUT $_}

               }

while (<FILE2>) {

    push @col, $_ =~ m/(\S+\s+\S+)/;
}
close(COL);
     print (OUTPUT @col);

$size = scalar @col;
    print $size;

open(COL, "<TRUE_OUTPUTS");
while(<COL>) {

      $_ =~ s/^(\S\s+\S)/$1 $col[$i++]/;

print OUT2 $_;
}

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in thread inserting array of data into text file by Anonymous Monk

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