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 # 2018-11-22
 
 * fixed typo in Readme
+* added sample_files
 
 # 2018-11-21
 
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+# Overview
+
+During the time it was obvious that some testing data would be nice.
+
+## simple_sample.csv
+
+A very simple csv file with only one line.
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+message,timestamp,datetime,timestamp_desc,extra_field_1,extra_field_2
+A message,1331698658276340,2015-07-24T19:01:01+00:00,Write time,foo,bar
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