in reply to to csv file

If you are absolutely positively sure and certain that there will be no ';;' anywhere inside the fields, then you can use split to good effect
use Modern::Perl; use Text::CSV; my $csv = Text::CSV->new( { eol => "\n" } ) or die "Cannot use CSV: " . Text::CSV->error_diag(); open my $fh, '>', './new.csv' or die "new.csv: $!"; while (<DATA>) { chomp; $csv->print( $fh, [ split /;;/ ] ); } close $fh or die "new.csv: $!"; __DATA__ abd;;sasa;;trre,dsa;;sdas;;dsss 123;;456,789;;include some spaces and ; once;;55555+;;abc
Output:
abd,sasa,"trre,dsa",sdas,dsss 123,"456,789","include some spaces and ; once",55555+,abc

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