#!/usr/bin/env perl use Text::CSV; my $csv = Text::CSV->new(); open(my $in_fh, "<", "temporary.tl") or die "please create your temporary file: $!"; my @rows = (); # keeps the count of rows in txt input file while( my $line = <$in_fh> ){ # copies the line from our input chomp $line; push @rows, [ split m{ , }msx, $line ]; } close $in_fh or die "could not close $in_file: $!\n"; $csv->eol( "\n" ); # after each line it gives a new line command print " Please enter the name of your csv file in which you will make modifications "; print "\n"; my $out_file = <>; chomp $out_file; open my $out_fh, '>', $out_file or die "could not open $out_file: $!\n"; for my $row ( @rows ){ $csv->print( $out_fh, $row ) or die "could not print to $out_file: $!\n"; } close $out_fh or die "could not close $out_file: $!\n";