Mike-- The best was is to write a quick and dirty Java App using Xerces and take a look at the DOM sample files specifically DOM3/DOMAddLines or GetElementsByTagName example You can then implement by call your app using the java tag http://ant.apache.org/manual/CoreTasks/java.html
I would stay away from Perl..it is a nightmare to implement as well as debug and decidedly non object oriented (although there is an OO version floating about somewhere in the cosmos) I can help you out this weekend if need be, Martin-- ********************************************************************* This email message and any files transmitted with it contain confidential information intended only for the person(s) to whom this email message is addressed. If you have received this email message in error, please notify the sender immediately by telephone or email and destroy the original message without making a copy. Thank you. > Hi, > > I have some text files that I have to parse and modify, can anyone > advise the best way to do this - ANT commands, ANT Tasks, call to PERL > or some other scripting language? The scripts will be fairly complex > including pattern searching, text replacement, text sorting etc. > > Regards, > Mike S. > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
