mmusser@localhost:~/programming/perl$ perl prep_gen.pl some_file.csv
Please provide the full merchant name: 
NOTE: migration conclude date set to 2012-08-02 00:00:00
Please provide the customer ID as it appears in the DB: 
Use of uninitialized value $customerId in scalar chomp at prep_gen.pl line 50, <> line 1.
Use of uninitialized value $customerId in pattern match (m//) at prep_gen.pl line 52, <> line 1.
Invalid input; customer ID must be completely numeric. Please try again: