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# CSV Format Deviations from RFC



When comminicating with Vault API, CSV formatting is compliant with [RFC 4180](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc4180) with the following exceptions:

* Both CRLF and LF sequences signal a line ending

* CR (`u+000d`) character is not supported in values

* TAB (`u+0009`) character is supported in values

* BACKSLASH (`u+005c`) character must be duplicated in values to act as a single backslash



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