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--- personal:portfolio:txt2csv [2008/08/11 12:18] – antonello
+++ personal:portfolio:txt2csv [2025/05/02 09:41] (current) – external edit 127.0.0.1
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 //A flat text to comma separated values converter//
-txt2csv.py is a small python script that allow you to convert a flat database file (a text file where fields have a fixed column number) to a csv file where fields are identified by a separator, usually ";".
+txt2csv.py is a small python script to convert a flat database file (a text file where fields have a fixed column width) to a csv file (where fields are identified by a separator, usually ";").
 It is tested with files up to hundreds of megabyte, and it is relatively fast.\\
 {{:personal:portfolio:txt2csv.zip|download}}
-To realize this conversion you need a second file containing the information on how to split your original file. This mask file will be in the form of:
+To realize this conversion the script needs a second file including the information on how to split the original file. This "mask file" will be in the form of:
-FIELD_NAME;FIELD_SIZE
+FIELD_NAME;FIELD_SIZE (with one field for each row)
-(having one field for each row)
-To run this software you need to have the python interpreter. If it is not already installed on your machine please download it from http://python.org.
+To run this software you need the python interpreter. If it is not already installed on your machine please download it from http://python.org.
 txt2csv.py is Free Software, released under GNU General Public Licence, version 2.