supun --> 40000 sam --> 25000 readline() on closed filehandle $fh at ./base_ports.pl line 11. binasha --> 10000 bundy --> 37000 binjiya --> 5000 #### my $fname = 'MY_FILE'; my %users = %{user_paths()}; foreach my $user (keys %users) { my $fh; if (-e "$users{$user}/$fname") { open ($fh, '<', "$users{$user}/$fname"); while (my $line = <$fh>) { if ($line =~ /S_REG_PORT_NO=(\d+)/) { print " $user --> $1\n"; } } } } sub user_paths { my %users; open my $fh, '<', "/etc/passwd" || die "Can't Open : $!"; while (<$fh>) { my @user = split (/:/); if ( $user[2] > 500 ) { $users{$user[0]} = "$user[5]"; } } return \%users; }