Hello all MOnks Out there :)... Actually i am new here as i am new to perl at all.. however i want to share some code i wrote seeking for your advice i was trying to write a script to a phonebook here is the code i wrote Please tell me any advices or better ways to modify it.

#!/usr/bin/perl -w


open TEMPFH,"DB.txt" or die "Sorry Cant Open File...$!";
#reading the File For Getting the Last id To Support Auto increment.Th
+ere is another way to do it later
#using Tail .
while(<TEMPFH>){
$_ =~/^(\d*).*$/;
    $ID=$1 if eof;
}
close TEMPFH;

print "Welcome To My Simple Phone Book:)\n";
print "What Do You want me To Do\n";
while(1){
print "[L]ist,[A]dd,[D]elete,[Q]uit\n";

$userInput = <STDIN>;
chomp $userInput;

 if (uc $userInput eq "L" or uc $userInput eq "LIST"){

 open READFH,"DB.txt" or die "Sorry Cant Open the DataBase...$!";
    for (<READFH>){

        print;
}
 close READFH;
}
 elsif (uc $userInput eq "A" or uc $userInput eq "ADD"){
 
 open WRITEFH,">>DB.txt" or die "Sorry Cant open The Database..$!";
    while(<WRITEFH>){
print;}
while(1){
    print "Please enter the name\n";
    print "Please Note that Only chars,numbers and underScore are aLlo
+wed with max 30 char and min One Char \n";
    chomp($name = <STDIN>);
    if ($name !~ /^\w{1,30}$/){
    print "Sorry Invalid Name Try Again\n";
    next;
}
else{last;}
}
    while(1){
    print "Please Enter The Number\n";
    print "Please Note that Only Numbers are allowed With max 30 digit
+ and min 1 digit\n";
    
    chomp($number=<STDIN>);
    if ($number !~ /^\d{1,30}$/){
    
    print "Sorry Invalid Number..Try Again\n";
    next;
}
else{last;}
}
    $ID++;
    print WRITEFH "$ID:$name:$number\n";
    print "Added Succefully\n";
close WRITEFH;
}
    elsif(uc $userInput eq "Q" or uc $userInput eq "QUIT"){
        print "Thank You,Keep Visiting :D\n";    
    last;
    }
    
    elsif(uc $userInput eq "D" or uc $userInput eq "DELETE"){

        print "Please Enter the Name You Wana Delete\n";
        chomp($userToDelete = <STDIN>);
        open DELETEFH,"DB.txt" or die "Sorry Couldnt Open DB...$!";
        open TEMP,">temp.txt" or die "Sorry Couldnt Open DB...$!";
        print "Successfully Deleted...\n";
    $myid=1;    
        while (<DELETEFH>){
    
    if (/^\d:$userToDelete:\d*$/)
   {
    $ID--;
    next;
   }

    else{
        $_ =~ /^\d*:(.*)$/;
        print TEMP "$myid:$1\n";
        $myid++;
   }
                }
        close DELETEFH;
        close TEMP ;
        rename "temp.txt","DB.txt" ;
$myid=1;

        }
else{
print "Sorry Invalid Option...Try Again";
}
print "\n";
}
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i know i didnt use any pragmas here like strict. :D but anyway i wanted your notes and advices SO Please post your notes.. Thanks in advance..

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