#! perl -w my @dbs = ; my $db= "\n"; print "Select DB from:\n @dbs or Q to quit:" and $db = uc(<>) while( $db eq "\n" || "@dbs\nQ\n" !~ m/$db/s); chomp $db; $db eq 'Q' and die "Quiting...\n"; print "\n$db selected\n"; __DATA__ DB1 DB2