Flat File Extractor

Flat File Extractor can be used for reading different flat file structures and printing them in different formats.
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  • GPL
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  • Publisher Name:
  • Timo Savinen
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Flat File Extractor Description

Flat File Extractor can be used for reading different flat file structures and printing them in different formats. Flat File Extractor can be used for reading different flat file structures and printing them in different formats. ffe is a command line tool developed in GNU/Linux environment and it is distributed under GNU General Public License 2 or later. Main areas of use are:? Extracting particular fields or records from a flat file? Converting data from one format to an other, e.g. from CSV to fixed length? Verifying a flat file structure? Testing tool for flat file development? Displaying flat file content in human readable form Here are some key features of "Flat File Extractor": · Command-line tool · Reads standard input and writes to standard output as default · One input file can contain several types of records (lines) · Fields in a flat file can be fixed length or separated · Input file structure and output definitions are independent, meaning one output format can be used with several input files · Input file structure and output format are 'freely' configurable, they are not predefined · Output can be formatted e.g. as: fixed length, separated, tokenized, XML, SQL,... · ffe tries to guess the input format, user needs not to give it as a parameter What's New in This Release: · Records can now be identified by regular expressions using new keyword "rid" · When reading binary input with -l,--loose option, invalid block does not any more cause program to abort. Instead the input is searched until a valid block is found


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