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From: David Meyer <papa@sdf.org>
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
Subject: Text processing on VMS
Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2024 00:04:25 +0900
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I've got a text file with data that I want to select lines matching
certain character strings, then extract string values from the selected
lines by character position. On Unix, I would use awk or Perl. Does VMS
have a similar tool, should I use my favorite programming language and
call the STR$ RTL, can I write a TPU script to do this, or should I
transfer the file to a Unix box and user awk or Perl? ;)

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David Meyer
Takarazuka, Japan
papa@sdf.org