Re^3: complex text file to csv

Will the content always start on the second line of the file and end at the first EOL-character or or is it really one big stream with possibly multiple EOL-characters inside the content?

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Re^4: complex text file to csv by mpaler (Initiate) on Jun 07, 2009 at 00:45 UTC
The latter is true. Here's two more examples with variable EOLs: `{JohnDoe (Thursday, April 01, 2004, 16:04): CATALYST A substance that changes the rate of a chemical reaction without itsel +f undergoing permanent change in composition or becoming a part of th +e molecular structure of the product. A catalyst markedly speeds up t +he cure of a compound when added in minor quantity as compared to the + amounts of primary reactants. See, Methyl_Ethyl_Ketone_Peroxide }` [download] and `{KeithMelville (Thursday, April 01, 2004, 16:23): CHEATER COAT 1) Resin applied to wood, especially porous ones such as balsa_wood, b +efore laminating as a pre-treatment, to prevent a dry_spot in the lam +ination caused by wood soaking up the resin. 2) Basting of laps or low spots with laminating resin before a hot_coa +t is sometimes called a cheater_coat. See [[basting]]. }` [download]	[reply] [d/l] [select]

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Re^4: complex text file to csv
by mpaler (Initiate) on Jun 07, 2009 at 00:45 UTC

{*JohnDoe* (Thursday, April 01, 2004, 16:04):
CATALYST

A substance that changes the rate of a chemical reaction without itsel
+f undergoing permanent change in composition or becoming a part of th
+e molecular structure of the product. A catalyst markedly speeds up t
+he cure of a compound when added in minor quantity as compared to the
+ amounts of primary reactants. See, Methyl_Ethyl_Ketone_Peroxide

}
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{*KeithMelville* (Thursday, April 01, 2004, 16:23):
CHEATER COAT
1) Resin applied to wood, especially porous ones such as balsa_wood, b
+efore laminating as a pre-treatment, to prevent a dry_spot in the lam
+ination caused by wood soaking up the resin.
2) Basting of laps or low spots with laminating resin before a hot_coa
+t is sometimes called a cheater_coat.  See [[basting]].
}
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