#!/usr/bin/perl use warnings; use strict; use Text::CSV_XS; my $csv = 'Text::CSV_XS'->new ({ binary => 1, auto_diag => 1, keep_meta_info => 1 }); open my $in, '<:encoding(utf8)', shift or die $!; while (my $row = $csv->getline($in)) { next if $row->[0] =~ m/^#/ && ! $csv->is_quoted(0); $csv->say(*STDOUT, $row); } #### #x,y,z skip abc,"d #e f",ghi keep #comment skip a,b,c,#xyz keep "#foo",x,y,z keep