01-31-2012
Well that is going to be difficult
... What is the source of your data? Is it again generated by another script?
Difficult with such data file is that the content are free flowing. For such, there will always be a chance of data inconsistencies in the output even if we manage to write some script to parse this data file.
If you have the script which gives you this data file as input, then I will suggest making amends in that script itself... atleast make some provision that the data you receive are properly enclosed in single/double quotes.
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source(n) Tcl Built-In Commands source(n)
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NAME
source - Evaluate a file or resource as a Tcl script
SYNOPSIS
source fileName
source -encoding encodingName fileName |
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DESCRIPTION
This command takes the contents of the specified file or resource and passes it to the Tcl interpreter as a text script. The return value
from source is the return value of the last command executed in the script. If an error occurs in evaluating the contents of the script
then the source command will return that error. If a return command is invoked from within the script then the remainder of the file will
be skipped and the source command will return normally with the result from the return command.
The end-of-file character for files is "32" (^Z) for all platforms. The source command will read files up to this character. This
restriction does not exist for the read or gets commands, allowing for files containing code and data segments (scripted documents). If
you require a "^Z" in code for string comparison, you can use "