Scripting Question

[Lucio M Nicolosi]

Patton Echols wrote:
> On 02/13/2009 06:44 PM, Lucio M Nicolosi wrote:
>   
>> Sure it's not an elegant solution, but couldn't you just import the 
>> comma delimited data to a worksheet and edit it? OpenOffice or Symphony 
>> would do it.
>>
>> L.
>>
> I could, but I end up having to do something like this periodically.  I 
> hoped to learn a quicker way to approach it.  Since I am on a deadline 
> this  time around, I may grep the file as I said, then use a OO-calc  to 
> delete the columns I don't want. 
If you intend to use OO-Calc at some point and it is a repetitive task, 
a spreadsheet would certainly do from the beginning, mainly if you keep 
a template with the appropriate functions. 2500 lines isn't  a lot of 
info at all and with a Find and a Sort you would trim your databases in 
seconds. But then, it wouldn't be so elegant. :-)

Regards,

L.

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