Powershell read CSV file line by line and only first header

Question

I have a CSV file, which reads like this:
read, book
read1, book1
read2, book2
I want to read only the first value, before comma one line at time,
meaning first time it will be
read
read1
read2
no headers and i want to pass that value to a variable for a if condition.
I have script it read line by line but it reads both values before coma and after line by line, so instead of having three values i'm ending with 6 values.
$file = Import-CSV c:\script\server.csv
$file | ForEach-Object {
        foreach ($property in $_.PSObject.Properties) 
$property.Name
$property.Value
#replace = $property.Value

Answer 1

If you can work with headers then do so as it will make your life easier.
with a csv file called server.csv like this:
headername1, headername2
read, book
read1, book1,
read2, book2
and this bit of code 
$file = Import-CSV c:\script\server.csv
#output to host, file or directly pipe the command above.
foreach($cell in $file.headername1){ if($cell -eq $something){ }}
will evaluate the content of each cell to $something.
This is because Powershell will grab the first row and claim that as a header name.
So whatever you put in cell A1 in excell will end up as name of the first collumn and its corresponding property (e.g. $file.A1 oor $file.headername1 if you will).