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      gjacobse
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      I expect that the 'best course of action' is to have the User rerun the export and adjust accordingly.

      However I was hoping to perform a trial run of the import with the data I have, about 100 lines or so. But each row has seven (x)DATE items...

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        scottalanmiller @gjacobse
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        @gjacobse said:

        I expect that the 'best course of action' is to have the User rerun the export and adjust accordingly.

        However I was hoping to perform a trial run of the import with the data I have, about 100 lines or so. But each row has seven (x)DATE items...

        So does the command that I provided work? Can you provide full sample data so that we can test?

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          gjacobse @scottalanmiller
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          @scottalanmiller said:

          @gjacobse said:

          I expect that the 'best course of action' is to have the User rerun the export and adjust accordingly.

          However I was hoping to perform a trial run of the import with the data I have, about 100 lines or so. But each row has seven (x)DATE items...

          So does the command that I provided work? Can you provide full sample data so that we can test?

          My apologies Scott, I missed your Linux command in a page refresh.

          Sadly I don't have this file on a Linux system.. Windows only...

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            scottalanmiller @gjacobse
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            @gjacobse said:

            Sadly I don't have this file on a Linux system.. Windows only...

            So copy it, only takes a second.

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              JaredBusch @scottalanmiller
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              @scottalanmiller said:

              @gjacobse said:

              Sadly I don't have this file on a Linux system.. Windows only...

              So copy it, only takes a second.

              Maybe true, but my earlier questions remains unanswered. Those are more important than a simple "just copy it" answer.

              He clearly stated this will be something repeated later with at least one more file. Thus I asked what the true purpose here is supposed to be.

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                gjacobse @JaredBusch
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                @JaredBusch said:

                Maybe true, but my earlier questions remains unanswered. Those are more important than a simple "just copy it" answer.

                He clearly stated this will be something repeated later with at least one more file. Thus I asked what the true purpose here is supposed to be.

                Exporting IT Tickets from TrackIT to be imported into SpiceWorks

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                  JaredBusch @gjacobse
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                  @gjacobse said:

                  Exporting IT Tickets from TrackIT to be imported into SpiceWorks

                  Ah, then I would do what @scottalanmiller said. Copy it to a Linux system quickly and convert it.

                  Alternately staying in WIndows you could use Notepad++ advanced find and replace features to pattern match and replace the space with a tab.

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                    Dashrender
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                    Notepad will do the same thing.

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                      Carnival Boy
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                      Yeah, Notepad replace supports tabs, I just tested it. You can't easily replace a space with a tab, because your file will full of spaces in other columns that you don't want replacing.

                      I would probably do a replace of '[space]12:' with '[tabbed space]12:', so that it replaces all the spaces before a 12: in the time with a tab, and then repeat this for 01:; 02:, 03: etc etc upto 23: (assuming a 24 hour clock). It does mean running a search and replace 24 times which is a pain. There are also likely to be tabs added elsewhere where you didn't want them, such as in the body of the helpdesk tickets.

                      What I'd actually do is use the wonderful, and under-rated, Microsoft Access. Access is a fantastic text manipulation tool. It's very powerful, but you need a bit of experience to get it working.

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                        JaredBusch @Carnival Boy
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                        @Carnival-Boy said:

                        the wonderful, and under-rated, Microsoft Access.

                        Die in a fire heretic!

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