#!/usr/bin/perl use warnings; use LWP::Simple; require LWP::UserAgent; use Tie::File; my $testfolder = "/Users/Appy/Desktop/"; tie @file, 'Tie::File', $testfolder . "testfile.txt" or die; print "$file[1]\n"; untie @file; my $ua = LWP::UserAgent->new; $ua->timeout(10); $ua->env_proxy; my $response = $ua->get($file[1]); if ($response->is_success) { print "The URL is active.\n"; } else { print "The URL is Inactive.\n"; }