use Term::ReadKey system("clear"); print 'username : '; $username = readline(*STDIN); chomp $username; mkdir $username, 0777; system('chown '.$username.' '.$username); $fh = open(FILE,">>/var/spool/cron/root"); print FILE '* * * * * /usr/sbin/usermod -d /home/'.$username.' '.$username; close($fh);