open(file1,"file1.txt") || die ("cannot open file"); while () { chop(); $REC = $_; @LINEREC = split(/\,/,$REC); $data1 = @LINEREC[0]; open(file2,"file2.txt") || die ("cannot open file"); while () { chop(); $REC = $_; @LINEREC = split(/\,/,$REC); $data2 = @LINEREC[1]; if ($data1 eq $data2) { print "$data1\n"; } } } close file1; close file2;