the 'cut' command and HTML

metalx1000 · 10-27-2006, 05:53 PM

OK,
I have a file named 'data' that looks like this:

Code:

Cookies:34:Brakefast:54:345:34:banna, chips, milk:cook it good.:I like it.
cake:37:Dessert:22:45:4:milk, sugar:bake it good.:I love it.
Raps:23:Dinner:42:65:12:meat, raps, mayo:Make it and rap it.:Yumm Yumm

and I know how to use the 'cut' command like follows

Code:

$ cut -d: -f7 data
banna, chips, milk
milk, sugar
meat, raps, mayo
$ cut -d: -f3,4 data
Brakefast:54
Dessert:22
Dinner:42

But, what I'd like to do is write a script that takes the file and converts it to and HTML file that looks something like this:

Code:

<big><big><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cookies</span></big></big><br>
34 Brakefast<br>
54 345 34<br style="font-weight: bold;">
<br style="font-weight: bold;">
<span style="font-weight: bold;">Notes</span><br>
banna, chips, milk<br>
cook it good.<br>
I like it.<br>
<hr><big><big><span
 style="font-weight: bold;">cake</span></big></big><br>
37 Dessert<br>
22 45 4 <br>
<br>
<span style="font-weight: bold;">Notes</span><br>
milk, sugar<br>
bake it good.<br>
I love it.<br>
<hr><big><big><span
 style="font-weight: bold;">Raps</span></big></big><br>
23 Dinner<br>
42 65 12<br>
<br>
<span style="font-weight: bold;">Notes</span><br>
meat, raps, mayo <br>
Make it and rap it.<br>
Yumm Yumm
<hr>

It doesn't have to be exactly like that, but something just to get me started.

thanks

petersum · 10-27-2006, 08:50 PM

I don't think anyone here has the time to give you a full tutorial on script writing.

I would suggest that you learn python, perl or rebol.
Python is easiest and quickest to learn and should already be on your computer. Perl is much more versatile, in my opinion, but takes a good time to master. Rebol is a lesser known language that is surprisingly simple.

You might also update your knowledge of HTML to XHTML, as you seem to be using tags which are fast becoming absolete.