-=> Maurice Kinal wrote to Tony Langdon <=-   
      
    MK> -={ Thursday, 28 April 2016, 10:37:56.896639632 +1000 }=-   
      
    MK> Hey Tony!   
      
    TL> It takes me a little while to understand the nuances of scripts.   
      
    MK> Sounds great.  I had to liberate the posted parts from a bash function   
    MK> file that I source from other script(s) so I fully appreciate your   
    MK> point.  ;-)   
      
   Fair enough. :)   
      
    MK> Anyhow take your time and if you have any questions/suggestions I am   
    MK> all ears.   
      
    TL> but do we want to keep track of any individual components such as   
    TL> headers, kludge lines, etc?   
      
    MK> Yes we do.  That is the goal and other than possible splitting of the   
    MK> kludges from the msg_body (fifth field) I believe the current format is   
    MK> a very good foundation.  We may wish to translate the nulls to a more   
    MK> suitable control code, such as the aptly named 'field seperator' (aka   
    MK> 0x1c) but gawk doesn't seem to mind nulls if indeed we find gawk to be   
    MK> a keeper in scripting.  bash string handling has improved over the   
    MK> years and might be fun to replace sed and tr calls ... if indeed we   
    MK> want to.   
      
   I use Bash subscring functions a lot, but still use sed a bit for those quick   
   and dirty edits.  I haven't had much to do with tr, actually.   
      
    TL> you might need to modify the format a bit   
      
    MK> No doubt.  Still I think it is a solid foundation to build from but I   
    MK> will wait for your later assessment.   
      
   Any chance of getting my hands on scripts and sample data?  I'm limited by the   
   fact that I can't see this in action, so I can't check my assumptions (which if   
   I get wrong, the model in my head is totally bogus! :) ).   
      
      
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