use strict; use warnings; open my $fh1, '<', 'text1' or die $!; open my $fh2, '<', 'text2' or die $!; while (!eof($fh1) && !eof($fh2)) { chomp( my $line1 = <$fh1> ); chomp( my $line2 = <$fh2> ); if ($line1 eq $line2 ) { print "Match for $line1\n"; } else { print "Difference for $line1, $line2\n"; } } if (! eof($fh1)) { warn "Still more data in file handle 1\n"; } if (! eof($fh2)) { warn "Still more data in file handle 2\n"; } close($fh1); close($fh2);