Let me try to simplify that a bit ...

use Text::CSV_XS;

my $csv = Text::CSV_XS->new ({
    auto_diag    => 1, # Let Text::CSV_XS do the analysis
    always_quote => 1,
    binary       => 1,
    eol          => $INPUT_RECORD_SEPARATOR,
    });

binmode STDOUT, ':encoding(UTF-8)';

for my $file (@ARGV) {
    open my $fh, '<:encoding(UTF-8)', $file;

    while (my $fields = $csv->getline ($fh)) {
        $csv->print (*STDOUT, $fields); # no need for a reference
        }
    # due to auto_diag, no need for error checking here
    close $fh;
    }

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If this script is to sanitize CSV data, I'd advice TWO csv objects. One for parsing, that does not pass the always_quote and eol attribute, and one for output. The advantage is that all legal line-endings are parsed well automatically, even if mixed.

I have no neat way to the BOM problem other than what you already use.


Enjoy, Have FUN! H.Merijn

In reply to Re^3: Why Doesn't Text::CSV_XS Print Valid UTF-8 Text When Used With the open Pragma? by Tux
in thread Why Doesn't Text::CSV_XS Print Valid UTF-8 Text When Used With the open Pragma? by Jim

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