Thank you very much Grandfather but I think I did not give a clear example of my output I wanted:
File#1 
abcd
efgh
ijkl
mnop

[download]
File#2 
qq
rr
ij
st
mn
jj
rr

[download]
Output I would want: 
kl
op

[download]
In this example I am saying character delimited by 2 characters. Meaning after the 2 characters is the part I want but I want to match it between the 2 files just for the first 2 characters.

In the original question I wrote 24 characters which is what I do want but I realize that is confusing. Also I would like it to read external files and not have the data actually embedded inside the Perl program. I again appreciate any further assistance greatly either by you or other people who would love to join in the fun here at PerlMonks.com!

In reply to Re^2: Compare Partial Lines of 2 Text Files by Knoperl
in thread Compare Partial Lines of 2 Text Files by Knoperl

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