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outputcsv create_empty argument

firasarabo
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I wanted to know how to specify create_empty argument for outputcsv command.

it works fine for me when wrting to the csv file, like:
...|outputcsv myfile.csv
however writing the following gives me errors saying "invalid arguement create_empty":
....|outputcsv create_empty=true myfile.csv

Thanks,
Firas

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firasarabo
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It turns out that create_empty is introduced in version 4.3
I am using an older version.

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