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Re:A straightforward way to extend CSV with metadata by bitwize on Thursday August 19, 2021 @01:09PM (#28236442)
> either can't or couldn't (I haven't checked in a few years) open CSV files that start with a capital letter I.

It can't do this because it confuses such files with files in SYLK format, which was YET ANOTHER attempt to standardize spreadsheet data interchange, dating from the 80s.

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Re:A straightforward way to extend CSV with metadata by IanCal on Thursday August 19, 2021 @03:14PM (#28238050)
What I find incredible about this is that it decides that the file ending ".CSV" must not be a CSV file but SYLK. Then loading it as SYLK fails, and it doesn't then try and load it as a CSV file instead.
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