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From: mireley@horus.cem.msu.EDU (John Mireley)
Newsgroups: comp.databases
Subject: Re: Flat file handler for UNIX
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Date: 24 Apr 91 11:25:32 GMT
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From article <24375@well.sf.ca.us>, by drlove@well.sf.ca.us (David R. Love):
> 
> Does anyone know of a flat-file handler, i.e. a quasi-database that 
> works with flat ASCII files for simple retrievals and reports, and 
> that is UNIX-based?  Thanks in advance for any information. Dave Love


Try awk. It comes standard on every unix system. I use it on a regular
basis to manipulate flat files from our administration before loading
the data into our DBMS. It is very powerful and can be driven from the
command line or from soruce files. The unix utilities cut, paste, grep
and pr are also useful utilities for working on flat ascii files. Opps,
almost forgot join and sort. Given these one wonders why you would need
a dbms. I remeber now, "user friendly". These all lack that
particular characteristic.

John Mireley