[ILUG] Table in Linux into .doc format

[Chris Higgins]

On Sun, 10 Oct 2004 20:40:09 +0100
Timothy Murphy <tim at birdsnest.maths.tcd.ie> wrote:

> On Sunday 10 October 2004 17:55, Chris Higgins wrote:
> 
> > Use the 'standard' file formats ( CSV, RTF )
> 
> Thanks - csv sounds like the right answer.
> Basically, I want something that can be translated easily
> into whatever "it" wants.

yeah-gods... have you seen enscript ? 

Takes text file and generates .rtf 

cat textfile | enscript -w rtf -o t.rtf

t.rtf is then opened as a nice rich text format file in any
word processor..

Fiddle with the text file using pr, sed, awk or your favourite
tool and you are off :-)

oh the power of Unix :-) I love it.. 

enscript is 'usually' used to modify the format of files
on their merry way to your printer - using the '-o' option
diverts its hard word to an output file of your choice.

You don't even need to comma delimit your table :-)

What are we all doing online over the weekend anyway...

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