TIL that RFC 4180 specifies the CSV format to use CRLF line endings
TIL that RFC 4180 specifies the CSV format to use CRLF line endings
datatracker.ietf.org RFC 4180: Common Format and MIME Type for Comma-Separated Values (CSV) Files
This RFC documents the format used for Comma-Separated Values (CSV) files and registers the associated MIME type "text/csv". This memo provides information for the Internet community.
I noticed a repository's .gitattributes entry for *.csv used text eol=crlf so I investigated and found this.
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I think csv is a bad format, if you can even call it that. Yes, there are some cases where it makes sense. I worked with an oscilloscope at uni which output csv. But other than that, I consider it more of a concept than an interface / exchange standard