Dear all,
when working with QDA-programs it is often useful to store each data source
file (e.g., a newspaper article) in a separate file. Unfortunately the
result files from databases such as LEXIS/NEXIS often contain hundreds of
articles in a single file, which needs to be split up, so that each article
comes in its own file. Rather than doing the splitting manually, it is, of
course, much more efficient to let a program do that. However, the only
Windows program that splits files along custom-defined delimiters that I
found is csplit
(http://www.lboro.ac.uk/research/mmethods/resources/preparation/index.html#split),
which has a somewhat non-intuitive command line interface.
So, I wonder, which (if any) programs you are using to split files based.
Feedback about the intelligibility of my instructions on how to install and
use csplit
(http://www.lboro.ac.uk/research/mmethods/resources/preparation/index.html#winstall)
is also very welcome. And if any MacUsers have experience with Dejal
TextSplitter (http://www.dejal.com/text-utils/), I would be interested in
your opinion, too.
TIA
Cheers,
Thomas
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thomas koenig
department of social sciences, loughborough university
http://www.lboro.ac.uk/research/mmethods/staff/thomas/index.html
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