C:\test>copy con junk.csv NAME|AGE|CITY|ZIP AAA|23|STAT|60001 BBB|34|PPOR|12345 CCC|11|TRET|2345 ^Z 1 file(s) copied. C:\test>perl -F"\|" -anle"print join'|', @F[ 0,2 ]" junk.csv NAME|CITY AAA|STAT BBB|PPOR CCC|TRET