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How would that work for a 2-dimensional array? Rows are already separated by newlines, but elements need to be quoted because some of them are optional.

Martynas Jusevičius
– Martynas Jusevičius

2022-04-24 07:44:28 +00:00
Commented Apr 24, 2022 at 7:44
@MartynasJusevičius If you have quoting, simple shell tools such as read and awk won't cut it. You need specialized tools such as csvtool or python -m csv.

Gilles 'SO- stop being evil'
– Gilles 'SO- stop being evil'

2022-04-24 17:56:02 +00:00
Commented Apr 24, 2022 at 17:56

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