#! perl use Modern::Perl; my $file1 = 'amayaM vismayaM souraM kamalZ'; my $file2 = 'amayamAn vismayamAn souramA kamalAni'; my %words1 = map { $_ => undef } split /\s+/, $file1; my @words2 = split /\s+/, $file2; for my $word2 (@words2) { for my $word1 (keys %words1) { my $stem = substr($word1, 0, -1); my $len = length $stem; if (substr($word2, 0, $len) eq $stem) { say $word1, ' -> ', $word2, ' -> ', $stem, '+', substr($word2, $len); last; } } } #### 19:21 >perl 415_SoPW.pl amayaM -> amayamAn -> amaya+mAn vismayaM -> vismayamAn -> vismaya+mAn souraM -> souramA -> soura+mA kamalZ -> kamalAni -> kamal+Ani 19:22 >