[ElevenLathe]

TSV is also my go-to when mucking around on the command line. Perfect for noodling with data before you have to put together an Excel file to show to management.

[disgruntledphd2]

The problem is that people (non-technical mostly), put tabs in fields, and then you have all the problems that the article notes.

[ElevenLathe]

I personally find that this happens (a lot) less often than with commas or quote characters.

[disgruntledphd2]

That's fair, but it only takes one to mess up the rest of the file.

[ElevenLathe]

Agreed, that's why it's not good for production processes.