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Re:Working with CSV files on shell/terminal by bombolo on Wednesday June 28, 2023 @07:07AM (#36504806)
Sounds like a good way to fail to parse all the possible files properly.
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Re:Working with CSV files on shell/terminal by wenc on Wednesday June 28, 2023 @10:36AM (#36507096)
How so?
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Re:Working with CSV files on shell/terminal by bombolo on Wednesday June 28, 2023 @04:43PM (#36512320)
Because you read a \n or a comma but you don't know if there was an open quote before the block you're currently reading.
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