Update! Solved w/ split function! No need to approve ;)

So I have an executive with a ridiculous contact list (>16000 contacts) and the problem I have would be solved using sed or awk, but I don't have a box I can code on at this time.

I need to take a CSV of an exported Outlook contact list, then find all the lines with and 3 digit area code in the (716) format and replace it with +1-716.

Once I do this, I need to rewrite the line, and put it in a new file.

I can do all of the writing, reading and regexp work, but what's the best way to grab say $5 like in awk?

Then I can modify it. It will be like $15 though, and it could happen more than once in a line.

Any suggestions are greatly appreciated, as I have a million other things to do, like all of you, I'm sure ;)

Thanks guys!

JP Bourget (punklrokk) MS Information and Security Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester, NY

In reply to phone list modification by punklrokk

Title:
Use:  <p> text here (a paragraph) </p>
and:  <code> code here </code>
to format your post, it's "PerlMonks-approved HTML":


  • Posts are HTML formatted. Put <p> </p> tags around your paragraphs. Put <code> </code> tags around your code and data!
  • Titles consisting of a single word are discouraged, and in most cases are disallowed outright.
  • Read Where should I post X? if you're not absolutely sure you're posting in the right place.
  • Please read these before you post! —
  • Posts may use any of the Perl Monks Approved HTML tags:
    a, abbr, b, big, blockquote, br, caption, center, col, colgroup, dd, del, details, div, dl, dt, em, font, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, hr, i, ins, li, ol, p, pre, readmore, small, span, spoiler, strike, strong, sub, summary, sup, table, tbody, td, tfoot, th, thead, tr, tt, u, ul, wbr
  • You may need to use entities for some characters, as follows. (Exception: Within code tags, you can put the characters literally.)
            For:     Use:
    & &amp;
    < &lt;
    > &gt;
    [ &#91;
    ] &#93;
  • Link using PerlMonks shortcuts! What shortcuts can I use for linking?
  • See Writeup Formatting Tips and other pages linked from there for more info.