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Re: ascii data manipulation utilities?



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On Tue, 08 Apr 2003, trader@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "David Colin" <david_colin@xxxxxxx>
> 
> 
> > Are there any utilities available to do stuff like:
> >
> > shift time stamps
> > convert 1 minute data to longer time frames, maybe by writing out from TS
> > chart
> 
> Shifting time stamps is possible using Ultra Edit. This is an ascii file
> editor. It can handle much larger files than Excel can. (4 Gigabyte file
> size)
> With it you can shift all time stamps 1 row down (or 2 or 3 etc)
> www.ultraedit.com  (demo version available)
> 
> Converting 1 minute data to longer time frames you would first need
> to import the files into TS. You can do that with a utility called
> HistoryCenter
> from  www.traders-soft.com  (they can demonstrate the program with a file
> that you send them) With that you can import 1 minute ascii data into TS.
> Then you can display the data in TS for instance in 15 minute bars wich
> you then can export using the view menu (data window)
> 
> Also there is not 1 program that can do what you want but with Ultra Edit
> and HistoryCenter you can get the results you want.
> 
> greetings
> 
> 

You can do it with perl as a single program.