About

This script parses byte-offset encoded data files into csvs.

Installation

• Make sure you have node.js installed
• Clone or download this repository to your computer
• In terminal, navigate to the downloaded directory and run npm install

Usage

• Place all files that you want to transform in the inputs directory. They must all have the same schema.
• In config.json, specify a valid JSON object with two properties:
  • ignoreEndCharacters: the number of characters that you want to ignore at the end of every line, including whitespace and line break characters
  • columns: an array of objects, each with a name property (the name to give the column) and a length property, the number of characters to allocate to that field.
• Please see the examples directory for an example
• Navigate to this directory in terminal, and run npm start