# NER labels are being merged

**URL:** <https://support.prodi.gy/t/ner-labels-are-being-merged/5135>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Tags:** ner, solved, windows\
**Created:** [December 29, 2021, 6:02am UTC](https://support.prodi.gy/t/ner-labels-are-being-merged/5135 "2021-12-29T06:02:21Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![ChrisM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/47e85d/32.png) [@ChrisM](https://support.prodi.gy/u/ChrisM)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2021, 6:02am UTC](https://support.prodi.gy/t/ner-labels-are-being-merged/5135/1 "2021-12-29T06:02:21Z")

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_Using prodigy 1.11.6 on Windows 10._

I'm trying to launch a simple **ner.manual** recipe with 5 labels using a comma separated list, but they're being concatenated together to create a single label.

```python
prodigy ner.manual new_task en_core_web_sm data_source.csv --label LABEL1,LABEL2,LABEL3,LABEL4,LABEL5

```

This is the output:

```python
Using 1 label(s): LABEL1 LABEL2 LABEL3 LABEL4 LABEL5

```

I can get around this by putting my labels in a .txt file instead, but not the ideal behaviour.

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**Author:** ![ines](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/support.prodi.gy/ines/32/3_2.png) [@ines](https://support.prodi.gy/u/ines)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2021, 2:44pm UTC](https://support.prodi.gy/t/ner-labels-are-being-merged/5135/2 "2021-12-29T14:44:52Z")

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Hi! That's very strange, I've never seen this before 🤔 Which terminal are you using on Windows? It seems like it somehow interprets the `,` as a space, which is very confusing.

Does it help to wrap the string in quotes, e.g. `--label "LABEL1,LABEL2,LABEL3"` etc.?

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**Author:** ![ChrisM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/47e85d/32.png) [@ChrisM](https://support.prodi.gy/u/ChrisM)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2022, 5:39am UTC](https://support.prodi.gy/t/ner-labels-are-being-merged/5135/3 "2022-01-24T05:39:18Z")

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Just using powershell via Windows Terminal. Wrapping in quotes worked, though! 🤷