> Basically the script runs and looks for a file in a certain 
> directory.  If the file is there, the script continues to run 
> and process the file, but if the file is not there the script 
> should just exit.
> 
> Any ideas on how to do this?

Beside die() you may also want to check it.

if(-e $file) { # alos there are other tests tou can do on a file to see if it's 
readable,executable, etc...
        # open .... || die $!; #...
        # process it ...., etc...
} else { 
        print "Sorry, $file does not exist, please enter an existing 
        file or you shall be pummeled for along long time.\n"; 
}

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