Delimited Fields on The Textsmith Magazinehttps://magazine.thetextsmith.com/tags/delimited-fields/Recent content in Delimited Fields on The Textsmith MagazineHugoen-gbSat, 01 Aug 2026 06:26:52 +0200Five Commands to Inspect CSV Fileshttps://magazine.thetextsmith.com/the-nugget/five-commands-to-inspect-csv-files/Sat, 01 Aug 2026 06:26:52 +0200https://magazine.thetextsmith.com/the-nugget/five-commands-to-inspect-csv-files/These commands work beautifully for simple CSV files, but they are not full CSV parsers. Quoted fields containing commas, embedded newlines, escaped quotes, and similar cases are where awk needs care—or where a dedicated CSV parser becomes the right tool.