# General

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## [Unable to Kill the Process using EXEC Node in "Raspberry PI" though it is showing "KILLED"](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/unable-to-kill-the-process-using-exec-node-in-raspberry-pi-though-it-is-showing-killed/35924)

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**Author:** [@Sandy](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Sandy)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [10 December 2020 07:34 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/unable-to-kill-the-process-using-exec-node-in-raspberry-pi-though-it-is-showing-killed/35924 "2020-12-10T07:34:35Z")

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Hi All, In RaspberryPi, I used the EXEC node to run a Python script, and I able to Kill the EXEC node but the script is running background that is the script running process is not killed. We tried to find using Command…

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## [KNX easy loses connection](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/knx-easy-loses-connection/37283)

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**Author:** [@joha91](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/joha91)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [10 December 2020 07:23 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/knx-easy-loses-connection/37283 "2020-12-10T07:23:06Z")

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Hey I´m using a small VIS to toogle some KNX and Zigbee lights (Zigbee light is also switchable via KNX switch). I´m using the nodes of this package: https://flows.nodered.org/node/node-red-contrib-knx-easy The first …

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## [Raspberry 4 relays block 4 controll](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/raspberry-4-relays-block-4-controll/37220)

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**Author:** [@Dainyx22](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Dainyx22)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [9 December 2020 18:27 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/raspberry-4-relays-block-4-controll/37220 "2020-12-09T18:27:03Z")

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hello, i am a new user, i am doing a small project and need your help, i have rasberry node res running on it, i want to control 4 relays, 17:00 starts and stops at 22:00 to repeat every 40 seconds turns on the relay and…

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## [Nora/Google Blinds Node Integration with Home Assistant and MQTT](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/nora-google-blinds-node-integration-with-home-assistant-and-mqtt/37162)

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**Author:** [@kevinfuller](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/kevinfuller)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [10 December 2020 06:09 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/nora-google-blinds-node-integration-with-home-assistant-and-mqtt/37162 "2020-12-10T06:09:57Z")

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HI, I am new to this forum and I am hoping to get some help. I recently started a project to automate window blinds using MQTT. I can control the blinds from a phone app that connects to my MQTT server and I have integ…

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## [Cabinet Temperature Controller - PWM Issue](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/cabinet-temperature-controller-pwm-issue/37244)

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**Author:** [@Charlie57](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Charlie57)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [9 December 2020 22:32 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/cabinet-temperature-controller-pwm-issue/37244 "2020-12-09T22:32:22Z")

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Hi All, I have being playing around with a cabinet temperature controller on a Raspi 4 with NR which in theory should do the following: Monitor temperatures for lower and upper shelves If temperature rises in either t…

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## [Accessing output labels from custom node](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/accessing-output-labels-from-custom-node/37217)

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**Author:** [@abowesman](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/abowesman)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [9 December 2020 20:54 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/accessing-output-labels-from-custom-node/37217 "2020-12-09T20:54:07Z")

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I am writing some custom nodes and want to be able to access the text of the outputLabels defined in the HTML of the custom node. It does not appear to be parts of the node config object nor the node at runtime. Is ther…

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## [Can you change the route of the wires?](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/can-you-change-the-route-of-the-wires/36899)

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**Author:** [@Norberg95](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Norberg95)\
**Replies:** 14\
**Last updated:** [9 December 2020 20:45 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/can-you-change-the-route-of-the-wires/36899 "2020-12-09T20:45:24Z")

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Sometimes wiring becomes a mess because the wires follow the shortest path. Can you somehow change the route of the wires?

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## [Node-red-contrib-cast](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-contrib-cast/36851)

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**Author:** [@M-a-r-k](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/M-a-r-k)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [9 December 2020 20:29 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-contrib-cast/36851 "2020-12-09T20:29:37Z")

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Been using node-red-contrib-cast for months, then yesterday just stopped working and get error, Not able to get media file via google-tts:get token key failed from google. I did google it and found this install: cd ~/.n…

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## [Valor de temperatura negativo](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/valor-de-temperatura-negativo/37245)

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**Author:** [@alison](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/alison)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [9 December 2020 19:23 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/valor-de-temperatura-negativo/37245 "2020-12-09T19:23:10Z")

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I have a problem where a temperature indicator has a totally different value when the temperature is negative as shown in the image next to the green circle when it is positive the value is coming correct according to t…

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## [Converting a message string to a message object](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/converting-a-message-string-to-a-message-object/37256)

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**Author:** [@zero](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/zero)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [9 December 2020 17:29 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/converting-a-message-string-to-a-message-object/37256 "2020-12-09T17:29:02Z")

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Hi, i´m having some trouble in converting a message string to a message object. In my case, i would like to parse my data into my influxdb. This works fine for my co2 sensor which is providing its data as payload objec…

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## [Sort buffer message by extension](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/sort-buffer-message-by-extension/37254)

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**Author:** [@radmin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/radmin)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [9 December 2020 16:52 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/sort-buffer-message-by-extension/37254 "2020-12-09T16:52:10Z")

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Hi, i'm newbe in node red and i've question about buffer parser. I'm use node-red-contrib-ftp for get motion alerts from NVR. I'm get two messages with picture and video from msg.payload : buffer Can you please advic…

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## [Why won't this flow deploy?](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/why-wont-this-flow-deploy/37214)

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**Author:** [@adamelli](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/adamelli)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [9 December 2020 15:56 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/why-wont-this-flow-deploy/37214 "2020-12-09T15:56:48Z")

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I do not get any errors, and the Deploy button will not work. \[{"id":"aed64631.89f078","type":"inject","z":"a99b8510.8054b8","name":"onLoad","topic":"","payload":"0","payloadType":"num","repeat":"","crontab":"","once":t…

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## [Authentication fails with correct password](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/authentication-fails-with-correct-password/37242)

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**Author:** [@wkossen](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/wkossen)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [9 December 2020 15:19 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/authentication-fails-with-correct-password/37242 "2020-12-09T15:19:14Z")

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Hi, i want to secure the node-red webinterface with a username/password. I followed the guides and updated settings.js with the authentication section to create an admin account with a hashpassword, and restart node-red…

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## [EACCESS for reading text file](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/eaccess-for-reading-text-file/37235)

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**Author:** [@ambotaku](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/ambotaku)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [9 December 2020 15:13 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/eaccess-for-reading-text-file/37235 "2020-12-09T15:13:12Z")

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Hi, I installed node-red as snap on my Ubuntu Mate notebook and tried to read a file in my home-directory (/home/kzerbe) with the file-in node. As documented I used an absolute file name: /home/kzerbe/mytext.txt. Afte…

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## [Rotating files for saving snapshots](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/rotating-files-for-saving-snapshots/37189)

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**Author:** [@sheminasalam](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/sheminasalam)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [9 December 2020 14:34 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/rotating-files-for-saving-snapshots/37189 "2020-12-09T14:34:22Z")

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I have some cctv camera at home. I want to save the snapshots of this in a folder. I know how to get the snapshots using the http request node and also saving it with the file node. But I want a solution in which I have …

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## [Missing Node after Installation](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/missing-node-after-installation/37225)

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**Author:** [@OBE](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/OBE)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [9 December 2020 13:19 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/missing-node-after-installation/37225 "2020-12-09T13:19:16Z")

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Hello, I tried to install the @mindconnect lib in my node-red on VM and I got positive feedback - but the node does not appear in the nodes list in the browser framework. I tried it with palette installation and with np…

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## [Manage import module in function](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/manage-import-module-in-function/37010)

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**Author:** [@NoSuchException](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/NoSuchException)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [9 December 2020 11:14 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/manage-import-module-in-function/37010 "2020-12-09T11:14:29Z")

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Hi all, I'm making a function to parse the msg files of outlook because node-red-contrib-mail-parse works only with eml file. I'm using the module @kenjiuno/msgreader so I installed the module with npm in the node-red …

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## [Writing data to IndluxFB](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/writing-data-to-indluxfb/37195)

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**Author:** [@tompeel](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/tompeel)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [9 December 2020 10:19 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/writing-data-to-indluxfb/37195 "2020-12-09T10:19:16Z")

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Hi, Im having issues getting data into influx, I would like to use my time stamp in the logs not the timestamp of the current time and I have a JSON object of all the various values to store for each time. I have been us…

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## [Activating Xiaomi Mi LAN API](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/activating-xiaomi-mi-lan-api/37229)

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**Author:** [@Artoo451](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Artoo451)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [9 December 2020 10:17 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/activating-xiaomi-mi-lan-api/37229 "2020-12-09T10:17:27Z")

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Hello, I bought a Xiaomi Starterset including a gateway I want to connect to node red. The link attached to the node description refers to an older version of the MI-Home-APP and I can´t find the menu for API in the dow…

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## [Node-red-contrib-actionflows and lost messages](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-contrib-actionflows-and-lost-messages/37163)

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**Author:** [@abowesman](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/abowesman)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [9 December 2020 05:38 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-contrib-actionflows-and-lost-messages/37163 "2020-12-09T05:38:55Z")

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I have an actionflow with one action in a node red docker container - I throw in 600 http requests as fast as possible and that shows 600 actions being processed. Those requests then get sent to a second node red docker…

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## [Newbie - modbus tcp server socket error](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/newbie-modbus-tcp-server-socket-error/19484)

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**Author:** [@PPz](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/PPz)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [9 December 2020 04:59 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/newbie-modbus-tcp-server-socket-error/19484 "2020-12-09T04:59:37Z")

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I'm really new into node-red. I installed the program and the add-ons for modbus tcp. I config my server master (Tbox/servelec) with its IP address: OK I defined some readings: int16 block of 10 consecutive addresses,…

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## [Context value resets when deploying flow](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/context-value-resets-when-deploying-flow/37206)

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**Author:** [@vasco123](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/vasco123)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [8 December 2020 22:17 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/context-value-resets-when-deploying-flow/37206 "2020-12-08T22:17:25Z")

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If i made some changes in my flow or if my Pi reboots the values i have stored in context resets. For example, if i have a variable that stores nbr of days and it increase by +1 every day if my Pi was to loose power or i…

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## [Mqtt "sync" question](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/mqtt-sync-question/37006)

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**Author:** [@gerry](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/gerry)\
**Replies:** 14\
**Last updated:** [8 December 2020 21:35 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/mqtt-sync-question/37006 "2020-12-08T21:35:49Z")

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Covid, a drawer full of electronic bits and pieces, time to play. On an ESP I setup a rotary encoder hooked it up to my garage door and with ui-level I can now tell how far up or down my door is graphically. The problem …

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## [NodeRed - GitHUB Automation Help](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/nodered-github-automation-help/37142)

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**Author:** [@ComboKnight](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/ComboKnight)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [8 December 2020 19:58 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/nodered-github-automation-help/37142 "2020-12-08T19:58:35Z")

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Hi... I made a script that downloads files from Github and then I have scheduled a cron job for each of my scripts and everything is running fine. But then the problem is if I add any new file to my Github. It is downl…

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## [Split or switch node](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/split-or-switch-node/37185)

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**Author:** [@hadeel1985](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/hadeel1985)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [8 December 2020 15:42 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/split-or-switch-node/37185 "2020-12-08T15:42:14Z")

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what do we have to use to store a text value in one of two files based on the value? split or switch node?

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## [Installation of Node-Red on Ubuntu 18.04 Server](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/installation-of-node-red-on-ubuntu-18-04-server/37173)

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**Author:** [@stefan2210](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/stefan2210)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [8 December 2020 12:52 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/installation-of-node-red-on-ubuntu-18-04-server/37173 "2020-12-08T12:52:03Z")

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Hey, I rented a VPS-Server recently and want to try Node-Red on the Server as well, after everything works well already on my Raspberry Pi. But it would also be great to access the data from everywhere. Unfortunately I…

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## [Problem with undefined payload.object](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/problem-with-undefined-payload-object/37151)

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**Author:** [@m.zendedel75](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/m.zendedel75)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [8 December 2020 08:42 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/problem-with-undefined-payload-object/37151 "2020-12-08T08:42:36Z")

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Hi. at this code in node red, function in example 1 is good result, but in example 2 with mqtt transfer, it is show undefined result. please guide. \[{"id":"4d0131.4da19ed","type":"inject","z":"ee4e8046.bf62c","name":"h…

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## [Make 2 functions interdependent](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/make-2-functions-interdependent/37156)

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**Author:** [@Hotte93](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Hotte93)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [8 December 2020 07:39 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/make-2-functions-interdependent/37156 "2020-12-08T07:39:36Z")

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hello everyone, I am currently controlling my fan heater either via a Node red dashboard or via the voice command from Google. However, if I switch on the fan heater via Google for example, the switch will logically rema…

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## [Write a string into a csv file](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/write-a-string-into-a-csv-file/1060)

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**Author:** [@YT2310](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/YT2310)\
**Replies:** 19\
**Last updated:** [8 December 2020 06:47 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/write-a-string-into-a-csv-file/1060 "2020-12-08T06:47:06Z")

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Hello there, I want to write a string (with a number and the date) into a csv file. My problem with that is, that I just get the whole string in one column (see first Picture). But i want that the number is in the first…

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## [MQTT Node that can run a cmd command](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/mqtt-node-that-can-run-a-cmd-command/37152)

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**Author:** [@denizbazzz](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/denizbazzz)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [8 December 2020 01:59 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/mqtt-node-that-can-run-a-cmd-command/37152 "2020-12-08T01:59:54Z")

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Hi, First of all this is a great forum, if we think that 10 days ago i had no idea of node red and now i can control many things on node red that is because of this community. As always i tried many things and searched …

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