Hello,

Have a game modding problem and think Perl may be able to solve it. Bash shell scripting failed. No experience with Perl however.

( Yes, this is legal. )

Goal : reorder, in a specific order, in each file alone, the lines of text. And avoid having to hand edit approximately 12,000 ANSI text files.

These ANSI files are in a very loose CSV format. Key pairs / variable = value, for example. Be warned that the "value" is often 'the-rest-of-the-line'.

Started reading 'perldoc intro' ... did not go well.

I have only shell scripting experience and am unable to comprehend/learn high level programming languages ( ASSEMBLY / BASIC = yes, PASCAL / C = no ).

Thank you for your time and consideration.

I have put together the following files. A file name list 'filelist.txt', and a template containing the reordered lines of text ( by first word of the line ) called 'template.txt'.

I can supply an 'unedited' file as well as a 're-ordered' file. The files have an .odf extension but are really renamed ANSI .txt files.

Sample of 'filelist.txt'

bor_adaptorC.odf
bor_adaptor_EE_M.odf
bor_adaptor_EE.odf
bor_adaptor_EO.odf
bor_adaptor_OO.odf
bor_adaptor_RE.odf
bor_adaptor_RO.odf
bor_adaptor_TE.odf
bor_adaptor_TO.odf
bor_adaptor_TR.odf
bor_assemblerY.odf
bor_assemblerYS.odf
bor_assemblerZ.odf
bor_assemblerZS.odf
bor_assimilator_AAA.odf
bor_assimilator_BAA.odf
bor_assimilator_BRA.odf
bor_assimilator_BTA.odf
bor_assimilator_BTR.odf
bor_assimilator_BTT.odf

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Sample of 'template.txt'

unitname
tooltip
verbosetooltip
race
buildtime
officercost
crewcost
dilithiumcost
latinumcost
metalcost
biomattercost
maxHealth
curHealth
healthrate
maxshield
curShield
shieldrate
maxSpecialEnergy
specialEnergyRate
specialenergydisplaymode

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