$ cat pins.pl
#!/usr/bin/perl
use strict;
use warnings;

sub changePinDirectionString {
    my $newLength = int(rand(10))+2;
    my $newDirectionString = '';
    for (my $newGen = 0; $newGen < $newLength; $newGen++) {
        my $newChar = chr int(rand(26))+ord('a');
        if ($newGen == 0) {
            $newChar = uc $newChar;
        }
        $newDirectionString .= $newChar;
    }
    return $newDirectionString;
}

open my $inputFile, '<', 'pins.csv' or die "$!";
open my $outputFile, '>', 'newpins.csv' or die "$!";
my $inputLine = 0;
my $outputLine = 0;
while (my $inputCSV = <$inputFile>) {
    chomp $inputCSV;
    my ($oldDirection, $oldName) = split /\,/, $inputCSV, 2;
    my $outputCSV = '';
    if ($inputLine == 0) {
        $outputCSV = 'DirectionString,Name';
    } else {
        my $newDirectionString = changePinDirectionString($oldDirectio
+n);
        $outputCSV = join ',', ($newDirectionString, $oldName);
        print "  Changing $oldName\'s Direction $oldDirection to Direc
+tionString $newDirectionString\n";
        $outputLine++;
    }
    print $outputFile "$outputCSV\n";
    $inputLine++;
}
print "$outputLine lines converted.\n";
close $outputFile;
close $inputFile;

$ cat pins.csv 
Direction,Name
North,Frank
Northeast,George
East,Mary
Southeast,Bella
South,Donna
Southwest,Michael
West,Leroy
Northwest,Bojangles

$ ./pins.pl
  Changing Frank's Direction North to DirectionString Lzihwnot
  Changing George's Direction Northeast to DirectionString Wigk
  Changing Mary's Direction East to DirectionString Ma
  Changing Bella's Direction Southeast to DirectionString Voqnykoqe
  Changing Donna's Direction South to DirectionString Mfyoaqudlgd
  Changing Michael's Direction Southwest to DirectionString Cjdyugbzx
  Changing Leroy's Direction West to DirectionString Vck
  Changing Bojangles's Direction Northwest to DirectionString Ajk
8 lines converted.

$ cat newpins.csv 
DirectionString,Name
Lzihwnot,Frank
Wigk,George
Ma,Mary
Voqnykoqe,Bella
Mfyoaqudlgd,Donna
Cjdyugbzx,Michael
Vck,Leroy
Ajk,Bojangles
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