Import data from a txt windows file

Hi all

I have a set of text files that I need to import... they are in a somewhat bizarre format and I have lots of import I'm looking to automate as much as possible.

Sample:

FIRSTNAME LASTNAME EMAIL ACCOUNT
BOB SMITH 12345 [email protected]

.. is basically a fixed-width, but with 3 file spaces between each column, such as:

Col1, COL2 COL3 etc...

Also if possible, I want to use the first row for column names to make things easier, but it isn't a deal breaker.

I can achieve what I need help Excel to import the text file, then save them to a csv file. I can then import this file into Oracle using import or a graphical interface such as SQL Developer but it's too many steps and too manual as I have about 50 of these things to do on each series of tests, there will be a lot - it's a project of data conversion.

So, how can I automate this process? Is the import tool flexible enough to take care of this with the correct param file? Maybe I could write a script to do the text > conversion to csv for me rather than use a wizard in Excel.

Prefer to do all of this on AIX if possible even if happy to use Windows so more adapted tools...

Thank you!
Adam

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