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eiNetwork Library Reading List Parser

library_list_parse.pl - Parses an exported eiNetwork Library Reading History file into tab-delimited output.

Usage

perl library_list_parse.pl [file]

$file defaults to 'export.txt'.

Description

This script takes an exported eiNetwork Library Reading History list file and outputs each record's title, author, and publisher. It separates each field with a tab and each record with a newline. This output can be redirected to a file and then imported into Excel or another spreadsheet program.

All fields in the passed file that are NOT title, author, or publisher will be ignored.

Example

This script would take the following file:

Record 1 of 3
AUTHOR       Dirr, Michael.
TITLE        Viburnums : flowering shrubs for every season
PUBLISHER    Portland, Or. : Timber Press, ©2007.

Record 2 of 3
AUTHOR       Cushnie, John.
TITLE        Shrubs for the garden 
PUBLISHER    London : Kyle Cathie, ©2004.

Record 3 of 3
AUTHOR       Doe, John.
TITLE        A book with a very, very, very long title that spills onto
               multiple lines
PUBLISHER    Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1999.

It would output the following content, which has tabs between each field:

Viburnums : flowering shrubs for every season	Dirr, Michael.	Portland, Or. : Timber Press, ©2007.
Shrubs for the garden	Cushnie, John.	London : Kyle Cathie, ©2004.
A book with a very, very, very long title that spills onto multiple lines	Doe, John.	Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1999.

This file can then be imported into Excel with tabs as delimiters.

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