Software & DevOps

Write a script to parse a large data file

A developer had ChatGPT write a script to parse a big file and lay out the results a certain way, then read through the script and checked the output on a sample.

Steps

  1. Share a sample of the file.
  2. Generate the script.
  3. Check the results on a small piece first.

Prompt you can copy

Write a script that reads [file format] and outputs [summary/format]. Here's a sample: [paste]

Tools

  • ChatGPT

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Source

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