Alternate solution. Let perl do the work for you. 

#!/usr/bin/perl

use strict; # https://perlmonks.org/?node_id=11145686
use warnings;

open my $fh, '<', \<<END or die; # FIXME for testing
first junk line then a blank line

   another junk line
fieldname1,fieldname2
value1,value2
more,body
and,still
more,body
END

do { local $/ = "fieldname"; <$fh> };  # read through "fieldname"
my $header_line = "fieldname" . <$fh>; # complete the line

print "header: $header_line";
while( <$fh> ) # FIXME for testing
  {
  print "  body: $_";
  }

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Outputs: 

header: fieldname1,fieldname2
  body: value1,value2
  body: more,body
  body: and,still
  body: more,body

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In reply to Re: skip junk lines in csv before header by tybalt89
in thread skip junk lines in csv before header by karlberry

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