open(INFILE1, "$ARGV[0]") or exit(101); open (OUTFILE1, ">" . "delimited_$ARGV[0]") or exit(201); $coid="$ARGV[1]"; if ("$coid" eq ""){$coid="***COID***";} while() { @file_line_contents = split (/\,/,$_); print OUTFILE1 "\"$coid\"\,\"".join ('","', @file_line_contents); }