* richard lyons ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > H 0.000000 > > On Sunday 23 May 2004 12:35, Joachim Fahnenmueller wrote: > > Hi Richard > > > > On Fri, May 21, 2004 at 02:55:35PM -0400, richard lyons wrote: > > > I'm asking for a bit of advice here. > > > > > > I wish to convert a kaddressbook database to abook format saving > > > as many fields as possible.
Have you considered Vim. Open the original file. Write a macro, test it on the first line. Apply it to the whole file. Regexes work in a way that this is familiar to users of sed and perl. And a wonderful mailing list with people eager to take up your task as a challenge. Just a thought. Nick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]