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<node id="820914" title="Re^3: Accessing variables" created="2010-02-02 03:52:01" updated="2010-02-02 03:52:01">
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Krambambuli</author>
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Maybe your code should look somewhat like

&lt;code&gt;

#!/usr/bin/perl

my ($file1,$file2);
open(FILE1,"&lt;$ARGV[0]");

while(&lt;FILE1&gt;)
{
   chomp($_);
   $file1 = $_;
   $file1=~s/\s+//;
   open(FILE2,"&lt;$ARGV[1]");
   while(&lt;FILE2&gt;)
   {
      print "&lt;$file1&gt; \n";
   }
   close FILE2;
}
&lt;/code&gt;

?&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;

What output do you wish or expect?&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;
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&lt;br&gt;Krambambuli&lt;br&gt;
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