sample data from the csv.. these should be two lines but they are split into three. the first line is okay.. but 2 and 3 should be one line

2) "Networking Hardware ","MDUSR227    ","Tap Rackmount for 3 units
3)              ","USR4500-RMK         ","USRobotics                  
+  ",43.33,54.17,0
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$VAR1 = {
          'manufacturer_url' => '',
          'eancode' => '',
          'model' => 'MDUSR226',
          'availability' => 1,
          'longsummary' => '',
          'manufacturer_model' => 'USR4516',
          'category_id' => '198',
          'icecat_prodid' => 0,
          'manufacturer_id' => '49',
          'weight' => 0,
          'category' => 'Networking Hardware',
          'vendor_id' => 7,
          'quantity' => '0',
          'description' => '10 Gigabit LR Networking TAP',
          'image' => 'product_noimage.gif',
          'shortdesc' => '',
          'manufacturer' => 'US Robotics',
          'price' => '377.8632',
          'title' => '10 Gigabit LR Networking TAP',
          'shortsummary' => '',
          'product_url' => ''
        };
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sample data from ...

That is not a Dumper-ing of a raw file -- that doesn't preserve the magic bytes

Try  perl -MData::Dump -MFile::Slurp -e " dd scalar read_file shift, { qw/ binmode :raw / }; "  tenlinefile > tenlinefileasperl.pl