P201 (CSV) Surround fields with quotation marks

/P#

Meaning

Extra Parameters: /1{Parameter1} … /n{Nth Parameter}

201

CSV file, Surround field with quotation marks

NONE

 

This special process is used to surround each field of a CSV file with quotation marks. For example the file before applying this process looks like:

 

Data1,Data2,Data3

Data1,Data2,Data3

After applying this process it looks like:

 

"Data1","Data2","Data3"

"Data1","Data2","Data3"

EXAMPLE Surround field with quotation marks

To surround each data field within the file "D:\CSVFiles\Simple.CSV" with spaces the following syntax would be used:

 

ConvertXLS.EXE /S"D:\CSVFiles\Simple.CSV" /T"D:\CSVFiles\Simple.CSV" /P201

The /S and /T switches specify input and output workbook respectively, which in this case is the same workbook. You can optionally keep the input file unchanged by specifying a different name or path for the output file.