;csv: document spaces outside quotes issue (#1037)

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Simon Michael 2019-06-07 06:34:52 -07:00
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You can read multiple CSV files at once using multiple `-f` arguments on the command line,
and hledger will look for a correspondingly-named rules file for each.
Note if you use the `--rules-file` option, this one rules file will be used for all the CSV files being read.
## Valid CSV
hledger follows [RFC 4180](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4180),
with the addition of a customisable separator character.
Some things to note:
When quoting fields,
- you must use double quotes, not single quotes
- spaces outside the quotes are [not allowed](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4863852/space-before-quote-in-csv-field).