[thelist] How to split a long text file into separate files

[Michael Barrett]

Listers,

I have this long text file,
The result of a mail merge from an excel document.

The data in the excel doc needs to be made available on a web site. There is
no server side scripting available.

I created a neat and clean table layout to hold the data, brought the html
into word, then merged with the data in the excel doc to produce a long
document with 69 tables, then saved as text.

I want each table in a separate file.

Short of an afternoon of copying and pasting, is there a handy way to
(automated) way to hack the document into parts? Possibly using emacs or
something similar?

Each table is proceeded by a comment tag, and followed by two line breaks
like so...

<!--Record Number:1-->
<table>
Foo
</table>
<br>
<br>

Thoughts?

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Michael Barrett
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