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Re:Awk: `Begin { ` Part 1 by mauvehaus on Friday October 30, 2020 @11:33AM (#24943296)
If I'm deep enough into a csv file that I'm worried about everything I noted above, I usually just load the data into Postgres and trust that their devs got it right. Pretty presentation is free at that point :-)
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Re:Awk: `Begin { ` Part 1 by dotancohen on Saturday October 31, 2020 @05:48PM (#24955460)
Postgress or even sqlite are great if the CSV is formatted like a database, with each column a distinct field. Alas, most spreadsheets created by non-software-devs are not so strict.

I need to browse the cells in a something like curses.

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