my @xml_files = glob( '*xml' ); #say for @xml_files; my @bak_files = glob( '*bak' ); #say for @bak_files; #using the Text::Diff::Table for comparison my $format = ""; my @joint_files = @xml_files, @bak_files; my @results = diff \@joint_files, $format { STYLE => "Table" }; say for @results;