note sundialsvc4 <p> My very-candid opinion is that you are creating an unholy monster that you will regret for the entire <i>brief</i> remaining tenure of your employment. &nbsp; Don&rsquo;t tie to a file just to avoid reading the thing line-by-line and using split; or, better, using a CSV-file handling package of known provenance. &nbsp; Don&rsquo;t try to &ldquo;cut out seemingly-wasteful steps&rdquo; only to have the program, for example, crash-and-burn in the middle and in so doing leave your both-input and-output file destroyed. </p><p> <em>Step back completely</em> from your present approach and reconsider the whole thing. &nbsp; You are being led-on into unknown territory by the allure of the unfamiliar. &nbsp; There are no [http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/abandon-hope-all-ye-who-enter-here.html|words of warning] strong enough to use here. </p> 1000393 1000393