Text::CSV might soon be extended with a layer that deals with encodings, somewhat like this:

use Text::CSV::Encoded;
my $csv = Text::CSV::Encoded->new ({
    encoding     => "utf-8",      # Both in and out
    encoding_in  => "utf-16le",   # Only the input
    encoding_out => "cp1252",     # Only the output
    });

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Until then, I think

binmode STDOUT, ":utf8";
my $csv = Text::CSV_XS->new ({ binary => 1 });
open my $fh, "<:encoding(utf-16le)", $file or die "$file: $!";
while (my $row = $csv->getline ($fh)) {
    print $row->[4];
    }

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should work


Enjoy, Have FUN! H.Merijn

In reply to Re^2: CSV nightmare by Tux
in thread CSV nightmare by lorenzov

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