Hi folks - The code below is not working as expected. It supposed to grab the file name from the input and open the file. It populates "CAN't open the file" even when i enter the right filename. Please assist.

use strict;
use warnings;


my $theFile;


print "Which file among the following files do you want to check ? \n"
+;

my $directory =  '/home/psimo/it441/challenge/logs';                  
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opendir (DIR, $directory) or die $!;                                  
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while ( my $file = readdir(DIR) ) {                                   
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print " $file \n";                                                    
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}

print "Please enter the file name: ";
my $theFile = <STDIN>;
chomp ($theFile);

open(FH, '<', '/home/psimo/it441/challenge/logs/$theFile') or die "CAN
+'T OPEN FILE! you don't have the log file\n";
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