Largely a matter of personal preference I think.
I'd probably use Ruby or Java myself.
What happens to the file afterwards (does it get loaded into some othe system)?
I have a requirement to do some scripted text file processing on
Windows. I plan on using a cross-platform tool (awk comes to mind) but
as I don't have any real skills in anything (I used awk many years ago
but not recently) I thought it best to come at it with a clean slate,
as I will want to re-use the skills I pick up (almost entirely on
Linux).
What I need to do in this case is read a CSV file, remove a few lines
that are of no interest and combine a couple of fields to create new
ones. Awk would definitely do this (albeit I have some reading to do
to remember how) - but is it still the best tool for the job?
Mark
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