How can I skip the header row when reading a CSV in Ruby? [duplicate]

Look at #shift from CSV Class:

The primary read method for wrapped Strings and IOs, a single row is pulled from the data source, parsed and returned as an Array of fields (if header rows are not used)

An Example:

require 'csv'

# CSV FILE
# name, surname, location
# Mark, Needham, Sydney
# David, Smith, London

def parse_csv_file_for_names(path_to_csv)
  names = []  
  csv_contents = CSV.read(path_to_csv)
  csv_contents.shift
  csv_contents.each do |row|
    names << row[0]
  end
  return names
end