I have found and modded a perl script that converts a CSV file to an XML file. To get my not-quite flat file ready I use an Awk script: 
awk '    
        {OFS=","};
        $1~/^[***]/{next}
        $1~/^[A-Z]/{next}
               $1~/^--/{next}
        {
             printf "%4s,%4s,%3s,%13s,%5s,%10s,%5s,%10s,%-3s,%12s,%-3s
+,%10s\n",
                     $1,$2,$3,$4,$5,$6,$7,$8,$9,$10,$11,$12
               }
' input.txt > output.csv

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It takes raw data files and add commas between columns. It is far from perfect as columns that are blank get shifted over which completely distorts my data: This 
VOL TEST @VCC= 4.5V, VIL=2V, VIH=5.5V
5    796    6   533.0 mV,RNG1   60.00 mA,M100                         
+  
5    801        493.0 m                             0      500.0 m    
+  
5    815    8   431.0 mV,RNG1   60.00 mA,M100                         
+  
5    820        391.0 m                             0      500.0 m

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Becomes 
5, 796,  6,        523.0,mV,RNG1,     60.00,mA,M100,          
5, 801,483.0,            m,    0,     500.0,    m,          ,   ,  <-t
+he row closed ranks some how.      
5, 815,  8,        418.5,mV,RNG1,     60.00,mA,M100,     
5, 820,378.5,            m,    0,     500.0,    m,          ,   ,

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It would be nice to keep the heading, but it was messy and so I've learned to live without it. I hope Perl can do the job without distorting the data. Any help is greatly appreciated for I'm at a complete loss. My apologies about the formatting, I failed to read fully before posting and so assume that I was experiencing a serving error.

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