如果文件以分隔符开始，则节点将该分隔符之前的(零长度)文件内容视为一个记录，并向流传播一个空记录。

If the file begins with a delimiter, the node treats the (zero length) file contents preceding that delimiter as a record and propagates an empty record to the flow.

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可以使用所选的文本编辑器创建带分隔符的ASCII文件。

You can create the delimited ASCII file using the text editor of your choice.

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如果文件没有以分隔符结尾，则对文件的处理方式就像文件的最后一个字节后面跟着一个分隔符一样。

If the file does not end with a delimiter, the file is processed as if a delimiter followed the final bytes of the file.

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A TSV file, tab-separated values uses the same thing but a tab character, if you wanna output an actual tab character, the result of hitting the tab key, \t you do use backslash T. That's so those kinds of files are made.

而TSV文件，“制表符分隔“文件,顾名思义，就是用制表符来分隔每一列，如果你想输出一个真正的制表符，点击tab键，你也可以用,这就是那些文件的形成方式。

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