use strict; my $workdir = "C:/work"; open(IN,"pdffix.txt") or die "Can't open input: $!\n"; while() { chomp; my ($folder,$newfn,$pdfn) = split(/\t/); $pdfn =~ s/^\"|\"$//g; my $filename = "$workdir/$folder/$pdfn"; unless (-e $filename) { print "can't find $folder $pdfn\n"; } }