That's not what I want.If i change == to eq,the variable $choice still picks up the "enter",while the script is running ,any "enter" buttons should be redirected so that the $choice variable doesn't pick it.

Change line 1 from print "Running Script....\n";

to print "Running Script: <big><b>Do NOT hit enter!</b></big>\n"; perhaps ?

      :-)

I changed the order of the program execution to resolve this problem but i have one more question now...I am doing a check on $choice for value 1 or 2 ,if not print "INVALID CHOICE" and then exit the program.Is there a way to ask the user to re-enter the choice rather than exiting the program?

print "\nEnter your choice: ";
my $choice = <>;
chomp ($choice);

if($choice != (1||2)){
    print "/*******************************************************/\n
+";
    print "INVALID CHOICE\n";
    print "/*******************************************************/\n
+";
    exit;
}
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