inputfile:

base {

LOCATION:../set/projects/all/files

}

##</code><code>##

My code:
    my $fn="inputfile";
    open ( my $fh, '<', $fn ) or die "Could not open file '$fn': $!";
    while ( <$fh> ) {
        chomp;
        if (/^LOCATION:\s*(\S+)/) {
            $input_dir = $1;
            print $input_dir;
                  }

My output is as follows:

../set/projects/all/files

expected one:

/set/projects/all/files