Describe "Using delimiters with Export-CSV and Import-CSV behave correctly" -tags "Feature" { BeforeAll { # note, we will not use "," as that's the default for CSV $delimiters = "/", " ", "@", "#", "$", "\", "&", "(", ")", "{", "}", "|", "<", ">", ";", "'", '"', "~", "!", "%", "^", "*", "_", "+", ":", "?", "-", "=", "[", "]", "." $defaultDelimiter = [System.Globalization.CultureInfo]::CurrentCulture.TextInfo.ListSeparator # With CORECLR the CurrentCulture.TextInfo.ListSeparator is not writable, so # we need to use an entirely new CultureInfo which we can modify $enCulture = [System.Globalization.CultureInfo]::new("en-us") $d = get-date $testCases = @( foreach($del in $delimiters) { @{ Delimiter = $del; Data = $d; ExpectedResult = $d.Ticks } } ) function Set-delimiter { param ( $delimiter ) if ( $IsCoreCLR ) { $enCulture.TextInfo.ListSeparator = $delimiter [System.Globalization.CultureInfo]::CurrentCulture = $enCulture } else { [System.Globalization.cultureInfo]::CurrentCulture.TextInfo.ListSeparator = $delimiter } } } AfterEach { if ( $IsCoreCLR ) { $enCulture.TextInfo.ListSeparator = $defaultDelimiter [System.Globalization.CultureInfo]::CurrentCulture = $enCulture } else { [System.Globalization.CultureInfo]::CurrentCulture.TextInfo.ListSeparator = $defaultDelimiter } remove-item -force -ea silentlycontinue TESTDRIVE:/file.csv } It "Disallow use of null delimiter" { $d | export-csv TESTDRIVE:/file.csv { import-csv -path TESTDRIVE:/file.csv -delimiter $null } | Should Throw "Delimiter" } It "Disallow use of delimiter with useCulture parameter" { $d | export-csv TESTDRIVE:/file.csv { import-csv -path TESTDRIVE:/file.csv -useCulture "," } | Should Throw "','" } It "Imports the same properties as exported" { $a = [pscustomobject]@{ a = 1; b = 2; c = 3 } $a | export-Csv TESTDRIVE:/file.csv $b = import-csv TESTDRIVE:/file.csv @($b.psobject.properties).count | should be 3 $b.a | Should be $a.a $b.b | Should be $a.b $b.c | Should be $a.c } # parameter generated tests It 'Delimiter with CSV import will fail correctly when culture does not match' -testCases $testCases { param ($delimiter, $Data, $ExpectedResult) set-Delimiter $delimiter $Data | export-CSV TESTDRIVE:\File.csv -useCulture $i = Import-CSV TESTDRIVE:\File.csv $i.Ticks | Should Not Be $ExpectedResult } It 'Delimiter with CSV import will succeed when culture matches export' -testCases $testCases { param ($delimiter, $Data, $ExpectedResult) set-Delimiter $delimiter $Data | export-CSV TESTDRIVE:\File.csv -useCulture $i = Import-CSV TESTDRIVE:\File.csv -useCulture $i.Ticks | Should Be $ExpectedResult } It 'Delimiter with CSV import will succeed when delimiter is used explicitly' -testCases $testCases { param ($delimiter, $Data, $ExpectedResult) $Data | export-CSV TESTDRIVE:\File.csv -delimiter $delimiter $i = Import-CSV TESTDRIVE:\File.csv -delimiter $delimiter $i.Ticks | Should Be $ExpectedResult } }