Perl format string


I want to use Perl to format a CSV text file so that I can easily
convert it to pdf. The CSV text file has 10 fields each of variable
length. I want Perl to format it so that the field length is
controlled. Anything over the field length should be truncated.

I know of various perl methods, substr, printf to achieve the above,
but am sending this e-mail to find out whether anyone has any other
elegant way of performing this task.

Kevin.

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