$ver_name is a parameter that I am passing to this script. And I want the script to execute in one way if the $ver_name is passed and if it is not passed in an another way.

You'd normally check the length of @ARGV (for arguments passed to a script) or @_ (for arguments passed to a function), but defined will do nicely here. defined tells its caller if a variable holds a value other than undef. 

my $replace = '/abinitio/run';
if (defined($ver_name)) {
   $replace = "/$ver_name" . $replace;
}
(my $graph_dir = $before) =~ s{ /log/ .* \z }{$replace}xs;

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but instead I am getting /home/user/phase/dir1//abinitio/run

Not with the code and the inputs you provided.
Not with the code I provided and the inputs you provided.

Update:
Changed
if (defined($replace)) {
to
if (defined($ver_name)) {

In reply to Re^7: Manipulating directory paths by ikegami
in thread Manipulating directory paths by pp

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