Adding double quote delimiters into csv file

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I have a number of text files which contain radio programme titles where each item is on a separate line  e g    15 by 15 15 Minute Drama Adrian Mole Afternoon Drama Afternoon Reading etc   I would like to add double quotes as delimiters to each line  e g     15 by 15   15 Minute Drama   Adrian Mole   Afternoon Drama   Afternoon Reading  etc   I thought I might be able to do this in Excel but not been able to find a way  I really don t mind whether the solution is Excel based or something else  as long as I don t have to do it manually   Can anyone help please

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Here s a way to do it without formulas or macros    Save your CSV as Excel Select any cells that might have commas Open to the Format menu and click on Cells Pick the Custom format Enter this          Click OK Save the file as CSV    from http   www lenashore com 2012 04 how-to-add-quotes-to-your-cells-in-excel-automatically

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open powershell and run below command  import-csv C  Users Documents Weekly Status csv   export-csv C  Users Documents Weekly Status2 csv  -NoTypeInformation -Encoding UTF8

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Double quotes can be achieved using VBA in one of two ways  First one is often the best      text      amp  Chr 34   amp      text      Or the second one  which is more literal      text      amp        amp      text

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This is actually pretty easy in Excel  or any spreadsheet application     You ll want to use the  CONCATENATE   function as shown in the formula bar in the following screenshot    Step 1 involves adding quotes in column B    Step 2 involves specifying the function and then copying it down column C  by now your spreadsheet should look like the screenshot       Step 3  if you need the text outside of the formula  involves copying column C  right-clicking on column D  choosing Paste Special    Paste Values  Column D should then contain the text that was calculated in column C

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In Excel for Mac at least  you can do this by saving as  CSV for MS DOS  which adds double quotes for any field which needs them

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