Take the 2-minute tour ×  When would we use a format file for
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2 down vote accepted  Usually, when you have different column
separators.  For example: bob,"fred","tom"||harry rather than
bob,fred,tom,harry  The section "When Is a Format File
Required?" describes it completely  share|improve this answer
thank you very much gbn –  masoud ramezani Jan 3 '10 at 9:41 add
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