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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Square like special characters in .csv file Post 302747547 by Sanchalla on Friday 21st of December 2012 02:49:31 PM
Old 12-21-2012
Hi vbe -
Thanks for your prompt reply. I donot expect you to reply only today . Enjoy your weekend.

Code:
This is Sun Solaris sun-Fire-V490 .

EMP_ID
UNQ_ID
WORK_CITY 
E
MAJOR_
UPDATED_O
UPDATEDON_TI
TEAM_END_
---------
-----------
--------------------
-
----------
---------
------------
---------

123456


888888888

NEW YORK 
N
E 

25-Jun-12

11:53:34 AM

25-Jun-12


567890


222222222

LONDON 
N
EQ 

27-Jul-12

12:37:30 PM

27-Jul-12




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The above is what i copied from .csv file attachment. The square like things are on there but when i copy they dont get copied over. Like here they are present after EMP_WORK_CITY(a square box) and the data values also have these boxes.

In unix : this is how it looks
Code:
EMP_ID,UNQ_ID,WORK_CITY ,E,CVG_MAJOR_,UPDATED_O,UPDATEDON_TI,TEAM_END_
---------,-----------,--------------------,-,----------,---------,------------,---------
000123456, 888888888,LONDON ,N,E ,23-JUL-12, 15:41:33 PM,15-MAY-08
000567890, 222222222,MONTREAL ,N,E ,23-JUL-12, 15:41:33 PM,15-MAY-06

unfortunately i cannot take a snapshot and paste here.hope this helps. I am doing the same routine for many other sqls and end up having same problem .Thanks!

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Last edited by Scrutinizer; 12-21-2012 at 04:46 PM.. Reason: code tags; removed excess font formatting
 

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AMC-EXPORT(1)						       Auto Multiple Choice						     AMC-EXPORT(1)

NAME
AMC-export - exports marks for AMC multiple choice exams. SYNOPSIS
auto-multiple-choice export --data project-data-dir --module module --fich-noms students-list.csv [--noms-encodage list-encoding] --o output-file DESCRIPTION
The AMC-export.pl command exports marks from an Auto Multiple Choice exam. --data project-data-dir gives the directory where data files are (see for example AMC-prepare(1)). --module module selects a module for export. See below for the modules included in the AMC standard distribution. --fich-noms students-list.csv sets the students list file. --noms-encodage list-encoding selects an encoding for file students-list.csv (default is utf-8). --o output-file gives the output file name. --option-out options gives an option for selected module, in the form key=value (see below for possible options for each module). To specify multiple options, use --option several times. --sort sort-type sort the students names, depending on sort-type. If sort-type is l, use line number from students list file to sort. If sort-type is m, use mark (and name if marks are equal) to sort. If sort-type is i, use student number to sort. If sort-type is n, use name to sort (or line from students list if equal). --useall all if all is 0 or empty, only students with a scaned answer sheet appears in the output. If all is 1, all students in the students list appears in the output. MODULES
OpenDocument With "--module ods", an OpenDocument (for use by OpenOffice or LibreOffice for example) is produced. The following options are recognized: nom gives a name for the exam, to be written on the beginning of the sheet. code gives an short name for the exam, to be used as a tab name. columns sets the list of columns that are to be added to each student. Default value is student.key,student.name. stats with a true value, a table will be added with statistics for all questions. statsindic with a true value, a table will be added with statistics for all indicative questions. CSV With "--module CSV", a CSV file is produced. The following options are recognized: columns sets the list of columns that are to be added to each student. Default value is student.copy,student.key,student.name. decimal sets the decimal point (default is a dot). encodage sets the encoding to use for output (default is utf-8). separateur sets the character used between colums (default is a comma). entoure sets the character used to enclose strings (default is a double quote). ticked if not empty, additional columns (with "CHECKED:" prefix) are included to give all the checked boxes on all the sheets. This can be used by an external program to retrieve all the checked boxes when marks are not sufficient. Use value 01 to get 0;0;1;1;0 if boxes 3 and 4 are checked, and value AB to get CD if boxes 3 and 4 are checked. List With "--module List", a PDF file is produced with a list of marks for all students. The following options are recognized: pagesize The page size. Default value is a4. nom gives the name of the exam, to be printed at the top of the page. ncols The number of columns. Default value is 2. decimal sets the decimal point (default is a dot). AUTHORS
Alexis Bienvenue <paamc@passoire.fr> Main author Jean Berard Translation from French Georges Khaznadar Translation from French COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2008-2012 Alexis Bienvenue This document can be used according to the terms of the GNU General Public License, version 2 or later. Auto Multiple Choice 1.1.1 06/19/2012 AMC-EXPORT(1)
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