I appreciate the advise. It now moves nicely thru the first file. However, it only reads the first line of the second file, and leaves subsequent fields blank, as shown below. Also, to help out, I added the content of both input files as well.

print HDLCGET "\#\!\/usr\/local\/bin\/expect\n";
print HDLCGET "set timeout -1\n";

open(MYINPUTFILE, "hdlc2") or die "UNABLE TO OPEN FILE hdlc2: $!";
open(MYINPUTFILE1, "hdlc3") or die "UNABLE TO OPEN FILE hdlc3: $!";

while(<MYINPUTFILE>) {
    my($line) = $_;
    chomp($line);
    my($line1) = <MYINPUTFILE1>;
    chomp($line1);
    print HDLCGET "spawn \ ssh $line\n";
    print HDLCGET "expect \"assword: \"\n";
    print HDLCGET "send \"$tacacspw\\r\"\n";
    print HDLCGET "expect \"#\"\n";
    print HDLCGET "send \"terminal length 0\\r\"\n";
    print HDLCGET "expect \"#\"\n";
    print HDLCGET "send \"show xconnect all | inc $line1\\r\"\nexpect 
+\"#\"\n";
    print HDLCGET "send \"exit\\r\"\n";
    print HDLCGET "interact\n";
}

close(MYINPUTFILE);
close(MYINPUTFILE1);
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now gives me the following output:

#!/usr/local/bin/expect
set timeout -1
spawn  ssh 10.247.17.141
expect "assword: "
send "Kalewi13\r"
expect "#"
send "terminal length 0\r"
expect "#"
send "show xconnect all | inc 99999999\r"
expect "#"
send "exit\r"
interact
spawn  ssh 10.247.17.1
expect "assword: "
send "Kalewi13\r"
expect "#"
send "terminal length 0\r"
expect "#"
send "show xconnect all | inc \r"   <-- MISSING LINE 2 INPUT FROM hdlc
+3
expect "#"
send "exit\r"
interact
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here is the content of the two input files. I kept it to three lines for now.

hdlc2

10.247.17.141
10.247.17.1
10.247.17.69
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hdlc3

99999999
616698950
615498584
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Thanks again for the help.

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