TXT2CSV

Script to convert large .txt files (or any other format) to .csv via a regular expression.

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Installation

From Sources

$ git clone https://github.com/Rom1-J/TXT2CSV
$ cd TXT2CSV
$ make build  # assuming you already have go installed on your system

Then you can find the executable inside dist/ directory.

From Builds

• Download the latest release compatible with your system

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Usage

$ ./txt2csv -h
# Usage of ./main:
#   -input string
#         Input file
#   -output string
#         Output file (default "stdout")
#   -regex string
#         Regex to use
#   -threads int
#         Number of threads to use (default 12)

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Examples

$ time ./txt2csv -input=extra/example/input.txt -regex="(?P<uuid_a>(?:[0-9a-fA-F]{8}\b-[0-9a-fA-F]{4}\b-[0-9a-fA-F]{4}\b-[0-9a-fA-F]{4}\b-[0-9a-fA-F]{12})):(?P<random>(?:\w|\s|\:)+):(?P<uuid_b>(?:[0-9a-fA-F]{8}\b-[0-9a-fA-F]{4}\b-[0-9a-fA-F]{4}\b-[0-9a-fA-F]{4}\b-[0-9a-fA-F]{12}))" -threads=48 -output=extra/example/result.csv
# CSV header: [uuid_a random uuid_b garbage]
# Regex: (?P<uuid_a>(?:[0-9a-fA-F]{8}\b-[0-9a-fA-F]{4}\b-[0-9a-fA-F]{4}\b-[0-9a-fA-F]{4}\b-[0-9a-fA-F]{12})):(?P<random>(?:\w|\s|\:)+):(?P<uuid_b>(?:[0-9a-fA-F]{8}\b-[0-9a-fA-F]{4}\b-[0-9a-fA-F]{4}\b-[0-9a-fA-F]{4}\b-[0-9a-fA-F]{12}))
# Threads: 48
# Done!
# ./txt2csv -input=extra/example/input.txt  -threads=48 -output=extra/example/result.csv  0.06s user 0.00s system 450% cpu 0.015 total

$ cd extra/example
$ python verify.py
# Test passed!

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Performances tests

Specs:

• CPU: Intel i7-9750H (12) @ 4.500GHz
• Disk: NVMe
• Memory: 32GB

Sample:

• Size: ~890MB
• Lines: 15,271,670
• Regex: (?P<value_a>.*):(?P<value_b>[\w.-]+@[\w.-]+):(?P<value_c>\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}):(?P<value_d>.*)

Runs:

• 135.09s user 3.39s system 1080% cpu 12.820 total
• 136.42s user 3.61s system 1087% cpu 12.879 total
• 136.58s user 3.48s system 1083% cpu 12.927 total

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