RFC 4180: Common Format and MIME Type for Comma-Separated Values (CSV) Files
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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.

  • verstra@programming.dev
    3·
    4 days ago

    I hate that the pleasant news about standardization of CSV come with the let-down that is using two bytes for new lines.

    • FizzyOrange@programming.dev
      0·
      4 days ago

      Don’t worry, it’s not really standardised despite this attempt. You can use UNIX line endings and nothing bad will happen.

      • Kissaki@programming.devEnglish
        5·
        3 days ago

        Unless you open it in Excel. In which case bad things will happen no matter what you have in the CSV…

        • ulterno@programming.devEnglish
          0·
          3 days ago

          If I am using Excel, I am using Windows and I will be changing all text to use CR-LF newline format (if sending from a Linux system) anyway.