Bug#383163: RFP: ffe -- Flat file extractor

[Timo Savinen <tjsa@iki.fi>]

Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist


* Package name    : ffe
  Version         : 0.1.5
  Upstream Author : Timo Savinen <tjsa@iki.fi>
* URL             : http://ff-extractor.sourceforge.net/
* License         : GPL
  Description     : Flat file extractor can be used for parsing different flat file structures and printing them in different formats. ffe is a command line tool developed in GNU/Linux environment.

Main areas of use are:

    * Extracting particular fields or records from a flat file
    * Converting data from one format to an other, e.g. from CSV to fixed length
    * Verifying a flat file structure
    * Testing tool for flat file development
    * Displaying flat file content in human readable form

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.15-1-686
Locale: LANG=fi_FI@euro, LC_CTYPE=fi_FI@euro (charmap=ISO-8859-15)