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                                            John Kerl

Field separators inside double quotes create a new field

Hi @aborruso ! Well, I don't know. * I've been working on Miller about 5 years now, on and off, far more "off" than on. Nonetheless re-writing it is not...

Field separators inside double quotes create a new field

It doesn't do much yet :) -- very much partway built.

Field separators inside double quotes create a new field

I do want feedback though, for sure ... I can let you know when there's something you can experiment with. :)

Field separators inside double quotes create a new field

The only verbs at present are `cat`, `tac`, `cut`, and `put` (no `filter`) and even then the DSL grammar for `put` is only partially implemented. (A lot of what I've...

Problem with commas: from to DKVP to CSV

This is not a stupid question at all!! DKVP doesn't have a way to handle delimiters within data. One option is using a different delimiter, e.g. ``` $ echo "name=Andrea;WhatIlike=mlr,john"...

Problem with commas: from to DKVP to CSV

This will be addressed by the [Go port](https://github.com/johnkerl/miller/blob/master/go/README.md).

Problem with commas: from to DKVP to CSV

Thanks @dbro !! :D

Problem with commas: from to DKVP to CSV

@aborruso thanks for testing! You're right, the DKVP reader in the Go port is still quotes-unaware as the C one is -- it doesn't yet have smart quote-handling implemented yet.

[feature request] Extend `seqgen` use to a file

Makes sense! Maybe one could also adapt/extend `mlr cat -n` ...

Run a join, after renaming a field and uncompressing one file

gzip and zip are different formats which do different things. `gzip` is for compressing single files. `tar` is for collecting multiple files into one. doing both (`.tar.gz` or `.tgz`) is...