If I understand your problem correctly the data will transfer
into grass fine, but you can not import it with the text
file attached.
Look at your text file and it will probably look like the
following:
2 NW Unionville NY-NJ 0032
3 NW Port Jervis South NJ-NY 0011
You need to fix the data slightly because of the problems with
inputting characters. First, you need to put quotes around
the title. Spaces are understood to seperate columns. Next,
for some odd quirk on grass's part you need to fill the spaces
between words with a character. If you do not it will only
show you the first word.
Your file should look like:
2 "NW" "Unionville.NY-NJ" 0032
You can do this by cut and paste, with either awk or sed to add
the quotes.
Hope this helps.
Kym M. Lenkus
Davidson Laboratory
Stevens Institute of Technology
Hoboken, NJ 07030