#!/usr/athena/bin/perl while(<>){ chop;$len=length($_);$maxlen=($len>$maxlen)?$len:$maxlen; @left=(@left, $_);} while(<>){ chop;@right=(@right, $_);} print "--------------------------------------------------------\n"; foreach $line (@left) { $len=length($line); $rline=$right[$cnt++]; $rem=8+$maxlen-$len; print $line," "x$rem; print $rline,"\n"; }