On Tue, 19 Dec 2017 10:57:13 -0600, Char Jackson wrote:

It's entirely possible that someone reading my account of using
Excel to manipulate large text files will groan with agony over
the poor choice of tools,...

If it does the job, no problem. Linux users would reach for 'sed'
and there are ways of using that on Windows eg with Cygwin, or a
Linux virtual machine, or Powershell which has similar features, or
the Windows port he
http://www.thoughtasylum.com/blog/20...n-windows.html