#!/bin/perl -w use strict; #variables you can change to suit your needs my $column_separator = ","; my $column_number = "8"; $column_number--; my $file="Working_On.csv"; open(FILE,"<","$file"); my @lines=; close FILE; foreach my $line (@lines){ my @columns = split(/$column_separator/,"$line"); print $columns[$column_number],"\n"; }