[GRASS-user] Import Point from *.csv Problem

[Markus Neteler]

On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 11:16 AM, Johannes Radinger <JRadinger at gmx.at> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I try to import Points from a comma separated file in GRASS 6.4.2SVN on
> my Mac OS X but somehow I fail...
>
> The original file is a 3-column Excelsheet (ID,X,Y). I saved that sheet as a *csv in my Excel 2011 on Mac OS X and then I try to import it. I follow the steps in this video (exept that I am working on Mac):http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgQBPoJeeLY
>
> (Tue Jan 24 11:05:42 2012)
> v.in.ascii input=/Users/.../InputForGRASS.csv output=Stations fs=; skip=1 x=2 y=3

Try this
... fs=";" ...

Probably the shell is interfering with an unprotected semicolon.

Markus