Hi Monks!
I have a simple form that takes some directories path and save it to a text file, my goal is to check the user input to make sure he/she doesn't input the same path twice. I am having a little problem with this, here is the code I have. If someone have a better way for me to do this will be great.
Here is some of the code that does that:

open(INPUTFILE, "$database") or die "cannot open file: $!"; 
            
while (<INPUTFILE> ) {
 
 my $path_check=$_; #It should have all the entry from the db text fil
+e
 chomp($path_check);
 
# $input{'nfirst'}) is one of the parameters from the form so it  the 
+value of $input{'slast'}

  if( $path_check eq $input{'nfirst'}) || ($path_check eq $input{'slas
+t'}) ){
                      
    print "<b>Dont Print entry to db text file and exit the loop here<
+/b>"; 
                        
}else{
    print "Print New Value(s) to db text file here and exit the loop</
+b><br>";}   
              
              }
close(INPUTFILE);

_db sample

D:/myfiles/Test/
E:/pics/cgi-bin/new/
C:/temp/
D:/new/files/
F:/new/more/
C:/test/cgi-bin/ac/^ok
C:/new/files/   # This line shouldn't be allowed here, it is duplicate
+d.

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Thanks a lot!!!

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