Hi,
I am not sure how to define this problem, but it sure LOOKS like something
I should be able to do in pipes.

Given: a data file, starting with a 'delimiter line', and with more of them
distributed (in no known
placement) throughout the data (but NOT as a final delimiter at the end of
the file).

Requirement: read the file, up to, but NOT including the second delimiter
line (remember, the very first
line of the file is also one), store those lines in a temporary file, and
invoke an exec against that file.
Then continue reading from the 2nd delimiter line, up to but not including
the third one, store, run
exec, etc. until EOF.

I had considered a pipe with a DROP 1, followed by TOLABEL, with both
feeding to one FANINANY which would
write the file and execute, but I don't see how to get this behavior to
loop.

Thank you,
Shimon

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