need line $2 to merge at teh beginning of line $1

diamondsandperls has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

I have a file that has multiple instances where line $2 is http://myurl and line $1 is /this/is/my/request

my goal is to have http://myurl/this/is/my/request

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Re: need line $2 to merge at teh beginning of line $1 by davido (Cardinal) on Jul 04, 2012 at 22:20 UTC
`.` (Yes, that's a dot.) perlop#Additive-Operators perlintro#Builtin-operators-and-functions How do I concatenate a string? `$concatenated = $2 . $1;` [download] Dave	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re: need line $2 to merge at teh beginning of line $1 by choroba (Cardinal) on Jul 05, 2012 at 08:46 UTC
You can profit from interpolation: `$url = "$2$1";` [download]	[reply] [d/l]
Re^2: need line $2 to merge at teh beginning of line $1 by Anonymous Monk on Jul 05, 2012 at 08:51 UTC
shh, its a secret	[reply]

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