I managed to get it working.

I changed you code a little here is what I came up with.

Firstly...
elsif ($option eq 'f') {
  print "Who are you looking for?\n";
  &find;
}

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changed to 
elsif ($option eq 'f') {
  print "Who are you looking for?\n";
  chomp(my $f = <STDIN>);
  $f =~s/\cM//g;
  if (!&find($f)) {
      print "Name $f cannot be found in the directory.\n";
}

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Then I changed you find sub from 
sub find {
   chomp(my $f = <STDIN>);
   # $f=~tr/\r\z//d;
   #$f =~s/\r\z//;
   $f =~s/\cM//g;
     if (exists $dbm{$f}) {
     my($name, $number, $email, $addr1, $addr2) = split "\0", $dbm{$f}
+;  
   print "$name\n$number\n$email\n$addr1\n$addr2\n\n\n";
 }
   else {
     print "Name $f cannot be found in the directory.\n";
}   
      
  }

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to look as follows
sub find {
    my $rc = 0;
    my $f = shift;
     foreach my $key ( sort keys %dbm ) {
            my($name, $number, $email, $addr1, $addr2) = split "\0", $
+dbm{$key};
            if ($name eq $f) {
                print "$name\n$number\n$email\n$addr1\n$addr2\n\n\n";
                $rc = 1;
                last;
            }
      }
}

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Disclaimer: I know nothing about tie and less about SDBM_File but thats why I like perl.

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In reply to Re: Flawless Script problems? by AcidHawk
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