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 > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "BBEdit Talk" > discussion group on Google Groups. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<bbedit%[email protected]> > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/bbedit?hl=en > If you have a feature request or would like to report a problem, please > email "[email protected]" rather than posting to the group. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "BBEdit Talk" discussion group on Google Groups. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/bbedit?hl=en If you have a feature request or would like to report a problem, please email "[email protected]" rather than posting to the group.
