#!/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.There is another way to do it later #using Tail . while(){ $_ =~/^(\d*).*$/; $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 = ; chomp $userInput; if (uc $userInput eq "L" or uc $userInput eq "LIST"){ open READFH,"DB.txt" or die "Sorry Cant Open the DataBase...$!"; for (){ 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(){ print;} while(1){ print "Please enter the name\n"; print "Please Note that Only chars,numbers and underScore are aLlowed with max 30 char and min One Char \n"; chomp($name = ); if ($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=); 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 = ); open DELETEFH,"DB.txt" or die "Sorry Couldnt Open DB...$!"; open TEMP,">temp.txt" or die "Sorry Couldnt Open DB...$!"; print "Successfully Deleted...\n"; $myid=1; while (){ if (/^\d:$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"; }