John,

I'm afraid you're way over my head, but I'm interested in learning how to
use this.

Thanks,
Charlie

On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 4:50 PM, John Delacour <[email protected]>wrote:

> At 12:56 -0800 3/3/10, you wrote:
>
>  I will have a set of files that follow a pattern of
>> (1) disposable header text that always ends with "VALUES (" which is
>> found only once in the text.
>> (2) the required data that I must preserve.
>> (3) disposable footer text that always begins with ");/*!" which is
>> also found only once in the text.
>>
>> I need to create an appleScript that will automate this regardless of
>> the other contents of each of these sections. Is this doable, and if
>> so, can you suggest how?
>>
>
>
> I wouldn't bother with AppleScript but create a UNIX filter something like
> this:
>
> #!/usr/bin/perl
> my $print;
> while (<>) {
>  s~.*VALUES \((.*)~$1~ and $print=1;
>  s~(.*)\);/\*!.*~$1~ and print $1 and $print=0 and $last=1;
>  print if $print;
>  last if $last;
> }
>
> JD
>
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