my $wordlist = 'wordlist.txt'; my $highschool = 'bathroom.txt'; open (LIST, $wordlist) || die "\n Cannot find wordlist.txt \n"; open (lol, $highschool) || die "\n Cannot find bathroom.txt \n"; print "\n professional site \n"; # After opening the two .txt files I'm checking if they are equal because bathroom.txt is a blank file if ($highschool =~ $LIST) { die "\n No data in wordlist.txt \n"; } else { print "\n All clear \n"};