[GRASS5] v.in.ascii import failure

[Otto Dassau]

Hi, 

in GRASS 6.0 cvs, there is a problem importing ascii coordinate pairs with v.in.ascii. Using cat test.txt | v.in.ascii fs='|' out=mymap doesn't work:


599251|4927066 
599090|4926953 
599097|4926472 
599280|4925969 
599863|4926391 
599849|4926841

Error:
Maximum input row length: 16
Maximum number of columns: 2
Minimum number of columns: 2
ERROR: y column is not of number type


simply adding an ID (or another 3rd column) works:

1|599251|4927066 
2|599090|4926953 
3|599097|4926472 
4|599280|4925969 
5|599863|4926391 
6|599849|4926841

cat test.txt | v.in.ascii fs='|' out=mymap
Maximum input row length: 18
Maximum number of columns: 3
Minimum number of columns: 3
column: 1  type: integer
column: 2  type: integer
column: 3  type: string  length: 8
Building topology ...
6 primitives registered
Building areas:  100%
0 areas built
0 isles built
Attaching islands:
Attaching centroids:  100%
Topology was built.
Number of nodes     :   6
Number of primitives:   6
Number of points    :   6
Number of lines     :   0
Number of boundaries:   0
Number of centroids :   0
Number of areas     :   0
Number of isles     :   0


Why is this? Do I always need 3 columns? 

 
ciao
 Otto