Re: [Evolution] CSV file will not import.

[Andre Klapper <ak-47 gmx net>]

On Wed, 2020-06-10 at 11:33 -0400, John Kerr via evolution-list wrote:
> I am using Evolution 3.36.2-0ubuntu1
> I exported my Contacts into a CSV file, did some editing and then
> tried to import the file into a new address book. The information
> from the file did not load properly. All I got was a series of small
> rectangles with no information in them.
> I also tried it with and without the headers, and a small file of
> three records.
> Any ideas?

Hard to say as CSV is one of the most broken file "formats" ever.
Is there a reason why not to use a sane format such as vcard/vcf?

Which character encoding does your CSV file have?
Which line ending style does your CSV file use?

Cheers,
andre
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