# A love letter to the CSV format
**URL:** https://discourse.notenik.app/t/a-love-letter-to-the-csv-format/773
**Category:** Integrations
**Tags:** links, formats
**Created:** [September 10, 2025, 12:20pm UTC](https://discourse.notenik.app/t/a-love-letter-to-the-csv-format/773 "2025-09-10T12:20:26Z")
**Posts on this page:** 2
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### Author:  [@ThePrinter](https://discourse.notenik.app/u/ThePrinter)
#### Post date: [September 10, 2025, 12:20pm UTC](https://discourse.notenik.app/t/a-love-letter-to-the-csv-format/773/1 "2025-09-10T12:20:27Z")
Not sure where this link belongs, but figured because Notenik accommodates formats like CSV well that this would be an alright spot.
> **[A love letter to the CSV format | médialab Sciences Po](https://medialab.sciencespo.fr/en/news/a-love-letter-to-the-csv-format/)**
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> why people pretending CSV is dead are wrong
> The specification of CSV holds in its title: “comma separated values”. Okay, it’s a lie, but still, the specification holds in a tweet and can be explained to anybody in seconds: commas separate values, new lines separate rows. Now quote values containing commas and line breaks, double your quotes, and that’s it.
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If I recall, the last time the CSV format came in handy for me was when I wanted to convert my [LibraryThing](https://www.librarything.com) catalog into a Notenik collection. I exported it to CSV, adjusted some fields using [awk](https://www.howtogeek.com/562941/how-to-use-the-awk-command-on-linux/) and imported it into Notenik. A fine experience.
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### Author:  [@hbowie](https://discourse.notenik.app/u/hbowie)
#### Post date: [September 13, 2025, 8:07pm UTC](https://discourse.notenik.app/t/a-love-letter-to-the-csv-format/773/2 "2025-09-13T20:07:45Z")
Thanks for sharing! A lot of my early apps used CSV (or tab-delimited text) for their file storage, and it’s definitely one inspiration for Notenik!