Re: What language to manipulate text files

2005-06-17 Thread ross
I tried Bash on Cygwin, but did not know enough about setting up the environment to get it working. Instead I got an excellent answer from alt.msdos.batch which used the FOR IN DO command. My next job is to learn Python. Ross -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: What language to manipulate text files

2005-06-16 Thread Cameron Laird
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ross wrote: Roose wrote: Why do people keep asking what language to use for certain things in the Python newsgroup? Obviously the answer is going to biased. Not that it's a bad thing because I love Python, but it doesn't make sense

Re: What language to manipulate text files

2005-06-13 Thread Jim
Roose wrote: Why do people keep asking what language to use for certain things in the Python newsgroup? Obviously the answer is going to biased. Not that it's a bad thing because I love Python, but it doesn't make sense if you honestly want an objective opinion. It will, however, have the

Re: What language to manipulate text files

2005-06-12 Thread Terry Hancock
On Saturday 11 June 2005 11:37 pm, ross wrote: I want to do some tricky text file manipulation on many files, but have only a little programming knowledge. [...] Would Python be best, or would a macro-scripting thing like AutoHotKey work? I thought about Perl, but think I would learn bad

Re: What language to manipulate text files

2005-06-12 Thread Roose
Why do people keep asking what language to use for certain things in the Python newsgroup? Obviously the answer is going to biased. Not that it's a bad thing because I love Python, but it doesn't make sense if you honestly want an objective opinion. R ross wrote: I want to do some tricky

Re: What language to manipulate text files

2005-06-12 Thread Michael Hoffman
ross wrote: I want to do some tricky text file manipulation on many files, but have only a little programming knowledge. What are the ideal languages for the following examples? 1. Starting from a certain folder, look in the subfolders for all filenames matching *FOOD*.txt Any files

Re: What language to manipulate text files

2005-06-12 Thread ross
Roose wrote: Why do people keep asking what language to use for certain things in the Python newsgroup? Obviously the answer is going to biased. Not that it's a bad thing because I love Python, but it doesn't make sense if you honestly want an objective opinion. R What usenet group is it

Re: What language to manipulate text files

2005-06-12 Thread beliavsky
ross wrote: Roose wrote: Why do people keep asking what language to use for certain things in the Python newsgroup? Obviously the answer is going to biased. Not that it's a bad thing because I love Python, but it doesn't make sense if you honestly want an objective opinion. R

Re: What language to manipulate text files

2005-06-12 Thread Brian
Hi Roose, Actually, it is a good thing because it allows those who know the Python language to be able to show the benefits and weaknesses of the language. Sure, the attitude here will be Yes, it's a great language. Yet, at the same time, it also enables the poster to be able to see

Re: What language to manipulate text files

2005-06-12 Thread Dan Christensen
ross [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: What are the ideal languages for the following examples? 1. Starting from a certain folder, look in the subfolders for all filenames matching *FOOD*.txt Any files matching in each folder should be copied to a new subfolder within the current folder called

What language to manipulate text files

2005-06-11 Thread ross
I want to do some tricky text file manipulation on many files, but have only a little programming knowledge. What are the ideal languages for the following examples? 1. Starting from a certain folder, look in the subfolders for all filenames matching *FOOD*.txt Any files matching in each folder