use Proc::Fork; for my $val1 (@array1) { run_fork { child { open FILE, ">$val1.txt"; print FILE "Output of step 1\n"; close FILE; } parent { my $child_pid_outer = shift; waitpid $child_pid_outer, 0; # for my $val2 (@array2) { # run_fork { # child { # open FILE1, "$val1.txt"; # open FILE2, ">$val2$val1.txt"; # while (my $line = ) { # $line =~ s/1/2/; # print FILE2 $line . "\n"; # } # close FILE1; # close FILE2; # } # parent { # my $child_pid_inner = shift; # waitpid $child_pid_inner, 0; # } # Parent inner loop # }; # Inner fork # } # For loop } # Parent outer fork }; # Outer fork }