use strict, CGI, blah blah ... 

	my $cgi = new CGI;
	my $filename = $cgi->param('uploaded_file');

	my $file = $filename;		# can't remember why I do this, always have
	$file =~ s!^.*(\\|\/)!!;	# something about cleaning stuff up
	
	my $buffer;
	my $content_to_parse;		
	
	while (my $bytesread = read($filename,$buffer,1024)) {
		$content_to_parse = $content_to_parse . $buffer;	 
	}

	# ok now file contents are in $content_to_parse
	
	# try splitting on ^M (windoze newlines) 
	my @contentarray = split /\015$/, $content_to_parse;
	# doesn't work - @contentarray is empty 
	
	# scratch head, get another diet coke

	# now do line by line parsing ... the end