Re:CSVs Are Kinda Bad. DSVs Are Kinda Good
by memtet on Wednesday August 14, 2024 @11:20AM
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Right, the author skipped right over human-readable TSV files which play nicely with sed/awk/grep/sort pipelines, and are supported by all CSV parsers and spreadsheet software.
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Re:CSVs Are Kinda Bad. DSVs Are Kinda Good
by ElevenLathe on Wednesday August 14, 2024 @11:35AM
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TSV is also my go-to when mucking around on the command line. Perfect for noodling with data before you have to put together an Excel file to show to management.
Re:CSVs Are Kinda Bad. DSVs Are Kinda Good
by disgruntledphd2 on Wednesday August 14, 2024 @12:42PM
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The problem is that people (non-technical mostly), put tabs in fields, and then you have all the problems that the article notes.
Re:CSVs Are Kinda Bad. DSVs Are Kinda Good
by ElevenLathe on Wednesday August 14, 2024 @12:44PM
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I personally find that this happens (a lot) less often than with commas or quote characters.
Re:CSVs Are Kinda Bad. DSVs Are Kinda Good
by disgruntledphd2 on Wednesday August 14, 2024 @01:03PM
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That's fair, but it only takes one to mess up the rest of the file.
Re:CSVs Are Kinda Bad. DSVs Are Kinda Good
by ElevenLathe on Wednesday August 14, 2024 @01:57PM
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Agreed, that's why it's not good for production processes.