my @rows; my $csv = Text::CSV->new ( { binary => 1 } ) # should set binary attribute. or die "Cannot use CSV: ".Text::CSV->error_diag (); open my $fh, "<:encoding(utf8)", "test.csv" or die "test.csv: $!"; while ( my $row = $csv->getline( $fh ) ) { $row->[2] =~ m/pattern/ or next; # 3rd field should match push @rows, $row; } $csv->eof or $csv->error_diag(); close $fh; $csv->eol ("\r\n"); open $fh, ">:encoding(utf8)", "new.csv" or die "new.csv: $!"; $csv->print ($fh, $_) for @rows; close $fh or die "new.csv: $!";