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It kind of does. See `man ascii` * FS (0x1C) file separator * GS (0x1D) group separator * RS (0x1E) record separator * US (0x1F) unit separator I've never
by vaylian 3y ago
It kind of does. See `man ascii`
* FS (0x1C) file separator
* GS (0x1D) group separator
* RS (0x1E) record separator
* US (0x1F) unit separator
I've never seen these in the wild though.
- alex_suzuki 3y agoThey‘re used a lot in barcodes, e.g. for delimiting the different fields of a driving license.
- euroderf 3y agoThat sounds like the premise for an utterly fascinating deep dive.
- alex_suzuki 3y agoIt‘s quite the rabbit hole, I can assure you.
- adammarples 3y agoNot seeing them in the wild is good, it means they will work when you use them. The more they get used the more often you'll find they crop up in the text fields you're trying to separate and the whole csv escaping nightmare will continue.
- Repulsion9513 3y agoIf you've got delimited-text embedded inside your delimited-text, you've got a nightmare that escaping can't save you from. (obligatory https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/xzibit-yo-dawg https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/xzibit-yo-dawg)
- dhagberg 3y agoThey're definitely used in ACARS messages that go to every commercial airplane cockpit...