DataMystic

Been a while since I fired this up.. Could anybody remind me of the best way to replace any other instance of a character (except for the first) per line please? Bit of background: I have a 2 column CSV file that is semicolon delimited. I would like any other instance of a semicolon APART from the f...

I would like to convert text files within directories into a database and wondered whether textpipe was the tool for the job. More info: I have have 35 directories that each contain many, many sub-directories within sub-directories (18300 total). Each sub-directory has a text file in it that lists k...

Hi again,

Please ignore the above, I think I've done it:
Seems to be working for me.

Thanks you so much again for your help.

Regards.

Hi, I appreciate you taking the time whilst in an airport lounge, amazing! I was disabling filters from my filter list ready to send you (I have one filter list and enable/disable filters as I need) and thought I'd give it one more run before sending it - and it worked fine. Sorry for confusion. Whe...

Hi again,

I tried adding the filter as you suggested, but the lines I am trying to remove are still there.
Anything else you can think of I could try please?

Thank you.

Thank you very much,

I'll try it soon and let you know.

Regards.

Hi, can you please tell me how to remove lines from a text file that are 1 to 3,- or . ONLY using easypattern please? For example, if the text file contained: 1red 123green 1 190blue 23 001z 989 a112 1-2 45.5 green1.1 1.0 11.0 22-9 454.- 1-orange 1.014 1 green 1.0 blue 123 aa a123 aa 123 111. 111.ye...

Ah, ok - I was wondering what to do with the list

I've done the tutorials and things are a little clearer so I'll see what I can do..

Thanks again.

Thank you very much for your reply.

I'm still a little unsure how to use the steps you've posted for me, but I'm trying to fumble through so hopefully it will become clearer once I play with it a little longer...

Thanks again,

Glenn.

I purchased TextPipe quite a while back, couldn't get to grips with it and it has been sitting on my HD ever since - but today that changes :) Can anybody help my configure TextPipe to do what I want it to please? I would like to enter a list of phrases like so: big red apple 15 speakers cheese *and...