Hi the code is ok now..no error..thanks.. but a problem.. this actually compares the two files and displays the similar and non similar contents of only the File2.txt..but i want contents of both files to be displayed.. any suggestions please.. 
#!/usr/bin/perl
use strict;
use warnings;
my %lines;

open F1, "File.txt";
    while(my $result= <F1>)
    {
      $lines{$result}=1;
    }
    close(F1);

open (OF1, ">match.txt");
open (OF2, ">diff.txt");

open F2,"File2.txt";


while(<F2>)
{
if (defined $lines{$_})
{
 print OF1 $_;
 }
else
{
print OF2 $_;
}
}

close OF1;
close OF2;

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In reply to Re^6: comparing contents of the file by Ms.Ranjan
in thread comparing contents of the file by Ms.Ranjan

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