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I have been hand a number of txt files from a datalogger, (which was logging water flow) like this

1=11-07-22,13:59:08
2=+1.304556E+01m3/h
3=+2.458268E-01m/s
4=+0057505E+1m3 
5=+0057591E+1m3 
6=-0000085E+1m3 
1=11-07-22,14:14:05
2=+1.224623E+01m3/h
3=+2.310640E-01m/s
4=+0057505E+1m3 
5=+0057591E+1m3 
6=-0000085E+1m3 
1=11-07-22,14:29:02
2=+1.338452E+01m3/h
3=+2.522141E-01m/s
4=+0057505E+1m3 
5=+0057591E+1m3 
6=-0000085E+1m3 
1=11-07-22,14:43:58
2=+1.195594E+01m3/h
3=+2.252944E-01m/s
4=+0057506E+1m3 
5=+0057592E+1m3 
6=-0000085E+1m3 
1=11-07-22,14:58:55
2=+1.185474E+01m3/h
3=+2.233874E-01m/s
4=+0057506E+1m3 
5=+0057592E+1m3 
6=-0000085E+1m3 
1=11-07-22,15:13:52
2=+1.014633E+01m3/h
3=+1.911945E-01m/s
4=+0057506E+1m3 
5=+0057592E+1m3 
6=-0000085E+1m3 
1=11-07-22,15:28:48
2=+1.131358E+01m3/h
3=+2.131899E-01m/s
4=+0057506E+1m3 
5=+0057592E+1m3 
6=-0000085E+1m3
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A continuous repetitive pattern of 6 lines. IS there a way of parsing the 6 line pattern into 1 csv file ... or just data field format ... which could be parsed or handed to a dat daemon. I.e. point the script at a folder with say 20 files like this in it, and have it process each file into usable field like data, which could be loaded into a database. Clearly some of the 6 lines have propriety numbers perhaps in scientific format in them, but at the moment I would love to get a dump into some sort of usable data field format.

In reply to Parsing Data logger files ... by RedTussock

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