Message-ID: <Pine.SGI.4.40.0508160833280.17622-100000@origin.chass.utoronto.ca>
Date: 2005-08-16T12:39:01Z
From: Jean Eid
Subject: preprocessing data
Dear all,
My question is concerning the line
"This is adequate for small files, but for anything more complicated we
recommend using the facilities of a language like perl to pre-process
the file."
in the import/export manual.
I have a large fixed-width file that I would like to preprocess in Perl or
awk. The problem is that I do not know where to start. Does anyone have a
simple example on how to turn a fixed-width file in any of these
facilities into csv or tab delimited file. I guess I am looking for
somewhat a perl for dummies or awk for dummies that does this. any
pointers for website will be greatly appreciated
Thank you
Jean Eid