use strict; 
use warnings; 

print "\n Running script for Jiggs \n";
my $infile = "foot.txt";                   # <foot.txt> is not legal q
+uotation in perl5

open my $in,  "<", $infile     or die $!;  # Don't quote a variable ag
+ain
open my $out, ">", "foot1.txt" or die $!;

my $line = <$in>;                          # Is $line the header? If s
+o, don't call it "line"
$line =~ s/\s+\Z/\n/;                      # When you chomp, you don't
+ get a "new" newline
$line =~ s/ +/,/g;
print $out $line;                          # Don't quote variable. It 
+now still has a newline
print $out scalar <$in>;                   # What is this second line?
+ Something special?

while (<$in>) {
    s/\s+\Z/\n/;
    s/ +/,/g;
    s/,length=/,/g;
    print $out $_;
    }

close $in; 
close $out; 
 
print "\n Done!\n";

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Note that this might up being invalid CSV. Use Text::CSV or Text::CSV_XS to ensure valid CSV output.


Enjoy, Have FUN! H.Merijn

In reply to Re: Perl script help to convert .txt file to .csv by Tux
in thread Perl script help to convert .txt file to .csv by Seabass

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