This is what is called an "command line script". Basically what happens is that perl goes over each line of the source file (NAME.qif), looks for a line that has D some characters then a ' (that is the date line in the qif file), replaces the ' with a /, and puts the results in NAME-post.qif. There is a bit more than that going on and if Kevin want me to write a filter I would change a few thing, but the above is a pretty good summary. If you want to know more feel free to contact me directly.
Kevin is fixing this in a patch so this may be the last use of my little hack :-( Jaysen. On Dec 29, 8:24 am, ciara belle <[email protected]> wrote: > On Dec 28, 7:14 pm, Jaysen <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hey look! I can help with this one! > > > Clara, if you look for a thread called "Quicken Window QIF export and > > date error" (link at the bottom) you will see that I had/have the same > > problem. Here is my solution > > > 1. Open a term window > > 2. cd to the qif file > > 3. type the following replace NAME with the name of your file > > perl -pe "s/(D.*?)\'/\$i\//" < NAME.qif > NAME-post.qif > > 4. Now import NAME-post.qif > > before i blindly edit my file - can you tell me what this does.... i > saw the thread - but since no explanation of what the edit is supposed > to do was included i did not try it. > > thanks > ciara --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "No Thirst Software User Forum" group. 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/no-thirst-software?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
