use strict; use warnings; use File::Slurp qw/read_file/; use List::Compare; chomp( my @a_file = read_file 'a_file.txt' ); chomp( my @b_file = read_file 'b_file.txt' ); my @a_file_only = List::Compare->new( \@a_file, \@b_file )->get_Lonly; print "$_\n" for @a_file_only;