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TIMTOWTDI via DBD::CSV:

use DBI;
use Data::Dumper;

use strict;

my $dir  = '.';
my $file = 'simple_csv';
my $cols = [qw(one two three)];

my $dbh = DBI->connect(
   "DBI:CSV:f_dir=$dir;csv_eol=\n;csv_sep_char=:;",
   {RaiseError=>1},
);

$dbh->{csv_tables}->{$file} = { col_names => $cols };

my $sth = $dbh->selectall_arrayref("
   select one, two, three
   from simple_csv
   order by two
");

print Dumper $sth;
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This assumes that you are in the same directory as the CSV file and the CSV file is named 'simple_csv' - note there is no extension in the file name. Read the docs for more info. Here is the sample CSV file i used:

simple_csv

three:place3:baz
two:place2:bar
four:place4:qux
one:place1:foo

jeffa

L-LL-L--L-LL-L--L-LL-L--
-R--R-RR-R--R-RR-R--R-RR
B--B--B--B--B--B--B--B--
H---H---H---H---H---H---
(the triplet paradiddle with high-hat)

In reply to (jeffa) Re: Sorting comma-delimited records by jeffa
in thread Sorting colon-delimited records by venki

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