The problem is that you are getting the same value everytime you do an assignment for each run of the loop. For example: 
Sample data:
 foo
 bar
 baz

First time through loop
    $TRACK = foo
    $pager = foo
    $service = foo

Second time (etc)
    $TRACK now equals bar
    $pager now equals bar
    $service now equals bar

etc..

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TIMTOWTDI but this would work.. 
$datafile = "CheckUPS.in";
open (DATAFILE, $datafile) or die "Input data not found.\n";
@text = <DATAFILE>;
close (DATAFILE);
$TRACK   = chomp($text[0]);
$pager   = chomp($text[1]);
$service = chomp($text[2]);

print "$TRACK $pager $service\n";

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In reply to Re: Is this a correct way of obtaining input from a file? by thewalledcity
in thread Is this a correct way of obtaining input from a file? by cecil36

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