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Re:I'm recomming my customers switch to Linux rather that Up... by Ekaros on Thursday October 16, 2025 @03:21AM (#45602356)
Or something like Google sheets. Attempted very basic thing:

1. Got barcode reader and scanned some barcodes from books

2. Looked up these from online API

3. Wrote result in ISBN;Name;Year to output

4. Tried to copy result to Google Sheets

5. No import from custom CSV? (Excel has very good tooling)

6. Actually to split I had to use =SPLIT() and then copy paste results in weird way to actually be able to use first column...

Is this really better? Or good enough...

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Re:I'm recomming my customers switch to Linux rather that Up... by squidbeak on Thursday October 16, 2025 @05:49AM (#45603396)
There's an import function in the File dropdown, with a dialog giving you control over separators. If that fails, you can paste the data, followed by Data > Split text to Columns. I work with CSVs in Google Sheets often and it's pretty reliable.
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