Take the 2-minute tour ×  I have about 100 different text files
in the same format. Each file has observations about certain
events at certain time periods for a particular person. I am
trying to parse out the relevant information for a few
individuals for each of the different text files. Ideally, I
want to get parse through all this information and create a CSV
file (eventually to be imported into Excel) with all the
information I need from ALL the text files. Any help/ideas would
be greatly appreciated. I would prefer to use java...but any
simpler methods are appreciated.  The log files are structured
as below: changed data to preserve private information   TIME
appears like 20110825111501 for 2011, 08/25 11:15:01 AM
share|improve this question You'll have to give us more of a
clue about the format of the files that you want to parse - how
they are structured, what you want to get etc etc... – 
DaveRandom Aug 25 '11 at 15:09 What exactly is your problem? If
you know how the read and write files, why don't