The code you pasted doesn't compile (it's missing a semicolon after the print line). That's not that big a deal, but it's always important to test the exact code you're going to be posting. In this case, it definitely should work with the chomp in place. Have you tried checking exactly what the line contains? That is, replace 
print "$miss";

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with 
print "'$miss'\n";

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and make sure there are no spaces, trailing characters, or anything else getting in the way. The following works for me. 
#!/usr/bin/perl -w
%clocks=("10", 0,"10.20.20.10", 0,"10.20.46.13", 0,"10.20.46.37",0);
my $miss=<DATA>;
chomp $miss;
#my $miss="10";
print "'\Q$miss\E'\n";
if (exists $clocks{$miss}){
  print "Yup it's there\n";
}
__DATA__
10.20.46.13

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In reply to Re: read value from file won't pass if exists?? by Eimi Metamorphoumai
in thread read value from file won't pass if exists?? by lcollins

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