The check operation verifies that every row has the same number of fields and that numeric columns contain only numbers. It prints the number of lines checked and reports any problems, making it a quick data-quality gate before analysis. Rows with missing trailing fields fail unless --no-strict is given. Run this on freshly exported spreadsheets before feeding them to statistics tools.
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