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From: Pieter Rautenbach <parautenbach@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2021 11:55:21 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Added a CSV example (#19318)
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Co-authored-by: Joakim Sørensen <hi@ludeeus.dev>
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 source/_integrations/file.markdown | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 27 insertions(+)

diff --git a/source/_integrations/file.markdown b/source/_integrations/file.markdown
index 2be2e1855fc..c9f4c9bc856 100644
--- a/source/_integrations/file.markdown
+++ b/source/_integrations/file.markdown
@@ -115,3 +115,30 @@ sensor:
 ```
 
 {% endraw %}
+
+#### Entries as CSV
+
+Assuming the log file contains multiple values formatted as CSV like shown below:
+
+```text
+timestamp,temperature,humidity
+1631472948,21,39
+1631472949,22,36
+```
+
+This would require the following entry in the `configuration.yaml` file to extract the temperature:
+
+{% raw %}
+
+```yaml
+# Example configuration.yaml entry
+sensor:
+  - platform: file
+    name: Temperature
+    file_path: /home/user/.homeassistant/sensor.csv
+    value_template: '{{ value.split(",")[1] }}'
+    unit_of_measurement: "°C"
+```
+
+{% endraw %}
+