Here is my code that uses Text::CSV::Simple; the goal was to parse a NYSE price list from the Wall Street Journal. 
use strict;
use Text::CSV::Simple;

#usage wsj2csv AMEX091806.txt

my ($filename) = shift;
print $filename."\n";
print "What is the trading date(MMDDYY)?";

my $traddt = <STDIN>;
print $traddt."\n";

my $parser = Text::CSV::Simple->new;
$parser->want_fields(1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8);

       my @data = $parser->read_file($filename);
       my $datalines = @data;
       print $datalines."is number of rows.\n";
       for my $row(@data) {
       my @line = @$row;
       foreach my $row1(@line) {
       print $row1.",";
       }
    print "\n";
    }

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I intend to add more functionality to this; but this thread was helpful to me in getting the parser to work

In reply to Re^2: Best method of munging CSV data - using Text::CSV::Simple? by Scott7477
in thread Best method of munging CSV data - using Text::CSV::Simple? by billie_t

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