Trim text in CSV to first 50 characters

Hi,
Hoping to get a little help with this.
I have a CSV file which is generated by another script. But i need to make sure that none of the values in the CSV file are greater than 50 characters long. Can someone help me compile a powershell script that reads the contents of the CSV and deletes any
excess characters in a value in the CSV which is greater then 50 characters long.
Thanks
Regards,
Denis Cooper
MCITP EA - MCT
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Sorry - I forgot you had the "if" in there.
The one I posted shows you how to generalize a solution using PowerShell components. It will work on any CSV file without modification.
You don't need parens and it would be easier to understand if you formatted it correctly.
import-csv apps.csv |
if($_.DisplayName.length -gt 50){
Write-Host 'Shrinkin' -fore green
$_.DisplayName = $_.DisplayName.Substring(0,49)
$_
} |
Export-Csv newfile.csv -NoType
OR
$imp=import-csv apps.csv
$imp |
if($_.DisplayName.length -gt 50){
Write-Host 'Shrinkin' -fore green
$_.DisplayName = $_.DisplayName.Substring(0,49)
$imp | Export-Csv newfile.csv -NoType
Mixing both methods may make the script harder to understand and may make it prone to edit/update errors.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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