[TriZPUG] More Fun With Text Processing

Josh Johnson jj at email.unc.edu
Fri Apr 3 20:02:09 CEST 2009


Stephan Altmueller wrote:
> Josh,
>
> I think the first thing you should do is nail down the exact file format.
> If you have missing values and spaces in your format you have no
> unambiguous way
> to decide what column an entry belongs to.
>
> Can you make the command line program insert some sort of delimiter like
> commas ?
>
>   
The output is pretty consistent, but it can vary. For example, if one of 
the amounts is too big, the column width will change. It's also multiple 
commands with similar output.

I have no control over the program, it's a custom command for AOE 
hardware that is in an embedded linux shell.

JJ


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