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 | from-ini | Parse text as .ini and create table |
 | from-json | Parse text as .json and create table |
 | from-sqlite | Parse binary data as sqlite .db and create table |
-| from-ssv  | Parse text as whitespace-separated values and create table|
+| from-ssv -n <min number of spaces to count as a separator> | Parse text as space-separated values and create table |
 | from-toml | Parse text as .toml and create table |
 | from-tsv  | Parse text as .tsv and create table  |
 | from-url | Parse urlencoded string and create a table |