I have a large datafile that I am trying to read into a postgresql
database. I think I have the db_connect stuff down, but I'm fighting
with the part that reads the file to be processed. The file contains a
repeating structure of header lines like this:
TOA5 B4WARM_C CR1000 16474 CR1000.Std.15
TIMESTAMP RECORD Flag(1) Flag(2) Flag(3)
TS RN
Smp Smp Smp
4/29/09 15:10 0 0 0 0
4/29/09 15:11 1 0 0 0
4/29/09 15:12 2 0 0 0
4/29/09 15:13 3 0 0 0
4/29/09 15:14 4 0 0 0
4/29/09 15:15 5 0 0 0
4/29/09 15:16 6 0 0 0
4/29/09 15:17 7 0 0 0
4/29/09 15:18 8 -1 -1 -1
4/29/09 15:19 9 -1 -1 -1
4/29/09 15:20 10 -1 -1 -1
TOA5 B4WARM_C CR1000 16474 CR1000.Std.15
TIMESTAMP RECORD Flag(1) Flag(2) Flag(3)
TS RN
Smp Smp Smp
4/29/09 15:10 0 0 0 0
4/29/09 15:11 1 0 0 0
4/29/09 15:12 2 0 0 0
4/29/09 15:13 3 0 0 0
4/29/09 15:14 4 0 0 0
4/29/09 15:15 5 0 0 0
4/29/09 15:16 6 0 0 0
4/29/09 15:17 7 0 0 0
4/29/09 15:18 8 -1 -1 -1
4/29/09 15:19 9 -1 -1 -1
4/29/09 15:20 10 -1 -1 -1
I want to read in the lines that begin with the date format, but skip
all the header stuff. Can anyone suggest a strategy for a, "if the
line begins with XXXX, go ahead and read".
Thanks in advance.
