I'm working on a script where I'm given a CSV file with info (first and last names, ssn, address, etc) and I first need to separate everything, which the code does, but then I need to make an output file with the first letter of the first name, last 3 letters of last name, and more... My problem is the output file is blank after I run the script to see if anything is getting written in. See code below 

 
#! /usr/bin/perl
# CSC 310 Project # 1


print "Enter filename: ";
chomp($fileName = <STDIN>);
open (FILE, '<', $fileName) || die ("Could not open $fileName\n");


while ($line = <FILE>){
    print "\n";
    ($lastName,$firstName,$ssn,$address,$city,$state,$zip,$phone) = sp
+lit ',', $line;
    print "$lastName, $firstName\n"."$ssn\n"."$address\n", "$city $sta
+te $zip\n";

    open (PSWD, '>>', 'passwd.txt');
    print PSWD "$firstName[1]\n";
}

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Any help or reference to help is appreciated!

In reply to [SOLVED] Output to another file help by jaffinito34

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