(response to original message) Most of the UNIX tools have been ported to NT. Do a search on cygwin.
Justin > -----Original Message----- > From: Jon Hall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2002 8:12 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: Reading only part of a really big text file... > > > My .02... > Simply put, cffile previous to MX is not the right tool for > parsing large > text files. MX might not be great depending on if they used > any of Java's io > buffering. I haven't put cffile in mx through a torture test > yet, and I had > to reinstall my machine with the preview release on it. If > someone out there > feels like doing some comparisons, I for one am really curious :) > However parsing text is one of the most basic tasks in any > language. You > might want to take the oppurtunity to hone your Java skills > in preparation > for the brave new world we are entering... > > Check out this UDF for how to use Java's ability to treat a > file as a stream > allowing you to use CF to parse bite size chunks of the file. > It probably > isn't that speedy as it sits, but add a buffer and performace > would go way > up. However if you leave out the part where it concatenates > the file into > memory and just do your parsing in the loop, it will probably > use a lot less > memory than cffile alone would require. > http://www.cflib.org/udf.cfm?ID=417 > > On the other hand, using SQL Server would be the easiest way > to do this > imho. > > jon > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Charles Nahm" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2002 6:05 PM > Subject: RE: Reading only part of a really big text file... > > > > >-----Original Message----- > > >From: Jerry Johnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > >What, may I ask, are you trying to do with it? > > > > I guess analyze for patterns would be the best description. > Basically > just > > wanted to do text searches for key phrases. > > > > >If you are trying to garner info out of it, may I suggest grep, > > >sed & awk, or perl? Depending on your need for searching. > > > > Are these Unix tools? We are running Windows 2K. > > > > >If you need to query it as if it were data, do you have access to > > >MSSQL and DTS? You could import the whole darn thing into a table. > > > > > >If you need to analyze the info in it (look for patterns and > > >such), there are a number of free web log analysis tools out there. > > > > Thanks, I was not aware of this. > > > > Charles Nahm > > Sonic Networks Inc. > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
