From:	MERC::"uunet!CRVAX.SRI.COM!RELAY-INFO-VAX" 31-JAN-1993 08:43:03.18
To:	info-vax@kl.sri.com
CC:	
Subj:	Re: Tool to reorganize/transform ASCII files

In article <1993Jan28.142833.7117@bmw.mayo.edu>, fisk@cvdv73.mayo.edu (Tom Fisk) writes:
> 
> We are looking for a tool that would allow us to take an ASCII input file, 
> and reorganize/transform it to another format.

I can vouch for GAwk.  Another tool with a Unix heritage that you
might want to look into is Perl.  There's good literature out there
for both, although I don't have any references off the top of my head. 

I'm sure there must be a closer site than the one I list below. 
Anyone?

You can find Perl at the King's College VMSSERV.  The following
extracts are from VAX_LIST (which gets periodically posted here):

---

Entire packages are returned using commands of the form:

     SEND package-name.PACKAGE

Individual parts from a package are returned by commands of the form:

     SEND package-name.n_OF_m

where "n" is the part you are missing, and "m" is the number of parts in the
package.

Any device or directory specification in a SEND,GET or DIRECTORY command
is ignored.

Files returned by SENDME or GET will be in VMS_SHARE format.

	VMSSERV @ UK.AC.KCL.CC.{OAK,ELM,ASH}	- JANET

	VMSSERV @ {OAK,ELM,ASH}.CC.KCL.AC.UK	- INTERNET
		(via NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK)

PERL		Practical Extraction and Report Language, VMS port
 3.0.1		Abstract:   Unavailable
 C		Source:     SEND PERL.PACKAGE (66 parts)
 25-SEP-1992	Binary:     Unavailable
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