in reply to read CSV file line by line and create hash table
Personally, unless it's a 'how do I do that' sort of a question and having realised/learned that CPAN truly _is_ my friend - I'd use Text::CSV ...
Hmmm, very many thanx to choroba for pointing out what I self-evidently failed to spot - that the OP already uses it - doh!!
A user level that continues to overstate my experience :-))
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