On 24/06/2011 08:45, Wernher Eksteen wrote: > Hi, > > I've attached a text file containing the original and required > format and avoid the format being lost by just pasting it in the > email body. > > The original format is separated by a space, but need to replace the > space with a comma, so it will become a comma delimited csv file > which I will then import to MS Excel. > > I'm not sure how to parse the "Connection" and "Sync'ed-as-of-time" > columns since the dates there in is in this format "Fri Jun 24 06:37" > which also separated by space, but the spaces in those columns > shouldn't be replaced by a comma. The date format in those columns > should remain the same. > > Also, is it possible to convert this directly into a MS Excel document > using Perl?
Hey Wernher Your data appears to have three or more spaces separating the data fields, whereas there is never more than a single space within the data. If that is always the case, and there are never any blank fields, we can use it to split the line into fields. Take a look at the program below. HTH, Rob use strict; use warnings; while (my $record = <DATA>) { chomp $record; my @fields = split /[ ]{3,}/, $record; print join ',', @fields; print "\n"; } __DATA__ CTX Destination Enabled Connection Sync'ed-as-of-time --- --------------------------------------------------------------------- ------- ---------------- ------------------ 1 pool://ZABRYDD01.localdomain/RDP_NEW_REP yes Sat Jun 18 08:56 Fri Jun 24 06:37 2 dir://ZARDPDD01.localdomain/backup/ZABRYDD01REP/linux/backup/test101 yes Sat Jun 18 08:57 Fri Jun 24 08:01 4 dir://ZARDPDD01.localdomain/backup/ZABRYDD01REP/linux/backup/test22 yes Sat Jun 18 08:57 Fri Jun 24 09:00 5 pool://ZARDPDD01.localdomain/BRYREP yes Sat Jun 18 08:57 Fri Jun 24 07:01 8 dir://ZARDPDD01.localdomain/backup/ZABRYDD01REP/linux/backup/test31 yes Sat Jun 18 08:57 Fri Jun 24 09:00 10 dir://ZARDPDD01.localdomain/backup/ZABRYDD01REP/linux/backup/test421 yes Sat Jun 18 08:57 Fri Jun 24 09:00 12 dir://ZARDPDD01.localdomain/backup/ZABRYDD01REP/linux/backup/test5 yes Sat Jun 18 08:57 Fri Jun 24 09:00 13 dir://ZARDPDD01.localdomain/backup/ZABRYDD01REP/linux/backup/test60 yes Sat Jun 18 08:57 Fri Jun 24 09:00 --- --------------------------------------------------------------------- ------- ---------------- ------------------ **OUTPUT** CTX,Destination,Enabled,Connection,Sync'ed-as-of-time ---,---------------------------------------------------------------------,-------,----------------,------------------ 1,pool://ZABRYDD01.localdomain/RDP_NEW_REP,yes,Sat Jun 18 08:56,Fri Jun 24 06:37 2,dir://ZARDPDD01.localdomain/backup/ZABRYDD01REP/linux/backup/test101,yes,Sat Jun 18 08:57,Fri Jun 24 08:01 4,dir://ZARDPDD01.localdomain/backup/ZABRYDD01REP/linux/backup/test22,yes,Sat Jun 18 08:57,Fri Jun 24 09:00 5,pool://ZARDPDD01.localdomain/BRYREP,yes,Sat Jun 18 08:57,Fri Jun 24 07:01 8,dir://ZARDPDD01.localdomain/backup/ZABRYDD01REP/linux/backup/test31,yes,Sat Jun 18 08:57,Fri Jun 24 09:00 10,dir://ZARDPDD01.localdomain/backup/ZABRYDD01REP/linux/backup/test421,yes,Sat Jun 18 08:57,Fri Jun 24 09:00 12,dir://ZARDPDD01.localdomain/backup/ZABRYDD01REP/linux/backup/test5,yes,Sat Jun 18 08:57,Fri Jun 24 09:00 13,dir://ZARDPDD01.localdomain/backup/ZABRYDD01REP/linux/backup/test60,yes,Sat Jun 18 08:57,Fri Jun 24 09:00 ---,---------------------------------------------------------------------,-------,----------------,------------------ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org http://learn.perl.org/