print "What do you want to save?\n"; my $inp = <>; $inp =~ s/\\/\//g; if ($inp !~ m/^\w+$|^.+$/g) { do { print "Nothing Entered. Try Again - "; $inp = <>; } until ($inp =~ m/^\w+$|^.+$/g) } if ( -d $inp) { print "Folder exists! - \n" }