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Issue created Jan 18, 2021 by Eyal Rozenberg@eyalroz

csvlook no-inference switch needs better description

When I use csvlook on a CSV file, I notice that it does some formatting of fields for me. Specifically, it adds digit-grouping marks (probably according to my locale). I don't want it to do that, since my content is not necessarily a regular decimal number but a sequence of digits.

I would like to be able to tell csvlook: "Don't change anything in the data you see, just give me what's in the field (without the enclosing double-quotes if they exist)".

edit: I've just realized --no-inference does this. However - its functionality is not 100% clear from the help screen. Please consider explicitly stating that it prevents any formatting of values for output.

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