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(...) But not every major user wants to run Perl. Steve (27 years ago, 24-Sep-99, to lugnet.db.inv)
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(...) It doesn't do much good if the use of commas makes it so the columns don't line up. You want these inventory files to be easy to read by humans, and that means the columns need to line up! If we use commas as delimeters, we also need to add (...) (27 years ago, 23-Sep-99, to lugnet.db.inv)
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(...) Yes -- the way to do that type of transformation in a single operation is to replace the grep expression / +/ with /,/. Of course, if you don't have grep replace in your text editor, get a real text editor (-: Just kidding! Every major OS can (...) (27 years ago, 23-Sep-99, to lugnet.db.inv)
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(...) My parts database format is human-readable and well-suited to use by programs as well as humans, and solves your problem quite well. My inventory scripts use it. Look at: (URL) are some sample entries: ld2412, mr0055 Name: 1 x 2 tile with (...) (27 years ago, 23-Sep-99, to lugnet.db.inv)
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Steve Bliss wrote in message <37ea300b.59491442@l...et.com>... (...) People may end up with multiple commas if there happens to be a gap of six or more spaces, then. Of course after replacing ' ' with ',', they could replace ',,' with ','. It might (...) (27 years ago, 23-Sep-99, to lugnet.db.inv)
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