#!/usr/local/bin/perl #use the sleep command to delay processing for x seconds $filename = "/tmp/pwdtestfile"; if (-e $filename) { print "file exists\n"; } else { print "file does not exist\n"; } open (TMPFILE, "/tmp/pwdtestfile"); while () { chomp; #printf "$_\n"; push (@values,$_); } print "file contains @values";