[PD] loading specific data in tables?

[Miller Puckette]

Cool looking data...

I do this sort of thing a lot and usually use the wonderful 'awk' program
to massage the data before reading it onto Pd.  For this particular
file it could be 
   
awk '/:00/ {print  $5}'

(etc).

cheers
Miller

On Sun, Sep 23, 2012 at 11:26:22PM +0200, umberto torrez wrote:
> Hi list, i need to load .txt files with data into tables.
> 
> But my .txt file is not forrmated and theres some texts i need to get rid
> from my files:
> 
> 
> 
> my .txt looks like this:
> 
>  Format                 IAGA-2002                                    |
>  Source of Data         Institute of Geophysics NAS of Ukraine       |
>  Station Name           Kiev Dymer                                   |
>  IAGA CODE              KIV                                          |
>  Geodetic Latitude      50.700                                       |
>  Geodetic Longitude     30.300                                       |
>  Elevation                                                           |
>  Reported               XYZF                                         |
>  Sensor Orientation                                                  |
>  Digital Sampling                                                    |
>  Data Interval Type     1-minute                                     |
>  Data Type              variation                                    |
>  # This data file was created using INTERMAGNET data                 |
>  # from the Edinburgh GIN. These data were acquired                  |
>  # from an INTERMAGNET reported data file.                           |
>  # Final data will be available on the INTERMAGNET DVD               |
>  # Go to www.intermagnet.org for details on obtaining this product.  |
>  # CONDITIONS OF USE: The conditions of use for data provided        |
>  # through INTERMAGNET and acknowledgement templates can be found    |
>  # at www.intermagnet.org                                            |
> DATE       TIME         DOY     KIVX      KIVY      KIVZ      KIVF   |
> 2011-08-22 00:00:00.000 234     19201.70   2411.10  46524.20  99999.00
> 2011-08-22 00:01:00.000 234     19201.50   2411.20  46524.20  99999.00
> 2011-08-22 00:02:00.000 234     19201.50   2411.20  46524.30  99999.00
> 2011-08-22 00:03:00.000 234     19201.40   2411.20  46524.30  99999.00
> 2011-08-22 00:04:00.000 234     19201.30   2411.20  46524.30  99999.00
> 2011-08-22 00:05:00.000 234     19201.20   2411.00  46524.40  99999.00
> 2011-08-22 00:06:00.000 234     19201.10   2410.80  46524.50  99999.00
> 2011-08-22 00:07:00.000 234     19201.00   2411.00  46524.50  99999.00
> 2011-08-22 00:08:00.000 234     19201.00   2411.20  46524.40  99999.00
> 2011-08-22 00:09:00.000 234     19201.10   2411.40  46524.30  99999.00
> 2011-08-22 00:10:00.000 234     19201.10   2411.60  46524.30  99999.00
> 2011-08-22 00:11:00.000 234     19201.00   2411.70  46524.30  99999.00
> 2011-08-22 00:12:00.000 234     19201.10   2411.70  46524.30  99999.00
> 2011-08-22 00:13:00.000 234     19201.20   2412.00  46524.30  99999.00
> 2011-08-22 00:14:00.000 234     19201.30   2411.90  46524.40  99999.00
> 
> 
> 
> 
> and so on....
> 
> 
> I just need to load the 3 last colums into tables starting at line 20.
> 
> Is it possible to tell pd to load just specific specific part of my .txt
> file?
> or which is the best approach for this?
> 
> I can copy the data by hand but since i have tons of .txt files im looking
> for an automatic way of doing this.
> 
> 
> 
> cheers
> 
> 
> 
> Umberto.

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