And reading the data can be so easy with Text::CSV_XS. In my perception even easier than with your snippet. Mind that you have two trailing columns that you do not use.

use Text::CSV_XS;

my $stbdetails = "stbdetails.csv";

open my $fh, "<", $stbdetails or die "$stbdetails: $!";
my $csv = Text::CSV_XS->new ({ binary => 1, auto_diag => 1 });
$csv->bind_columns (\my (
    $location,     $date_active,  $manufacturer, $hwver,        $seria
+l,       
    $cardno,       $currentsw,    $os_ver,       $epg_ver,      $boxty
+pe,      
    $designation,  $boxip,        $boxmac,       $codedate,
    $_flag, $_date,
    ));

my %hash;
while ($csv->getline ($cfh)) {
    $hash{$location} = {
        "Date Active"      => $date_active,
        "Manufacturer"     => $manufacturer,
        "HW Version"       => $hwver,
        "Serial"           => $serial,
        "Card No"          => $cardno,
        "Current Software" => $currentsw,
        "OS Version"       => $os_ver,
        "EPG Version"      => $epg_ver,
        "Box Type"         => $boxtype,
        "Designation"      => $designation,
        "IP Address"       => $boxip,
        "MAC Address"      => $boxmac,
        "Code Date"        => $codedate,
        };
    }

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Enjoy, Have FUN! H.Merijn

In reply to Re: .csv file in to hash of hashes for a Berkley DB (for a hash newbie) by Tux
in thread .csv file in to hash of hashes for a Berkley DB (for a hash newbie) by Doozer

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