open(FILE, "data.txt"); #opens data.txt in read-mode while(){ #reads line by line from FILE w +hich is the filehandle for data.txt chomp; print "Saw $_ in data.txt\n"; #shows you what we have read } close FILE; #close the file. #### open (FILE, "users"); while () { chomp; ($name, $value) = split(/,/, $_);