Filtering Columnar Data

[Richard Gaskin]

Gregory Lypny wrote:
> Hello everyone,
> 
>     I use the filter command on tab-delimited text files when I want to  
> pick off a string in a particular column.  For example, if the string  
> is located in the second column of a five column file, I use
> 
>     filter theData with "*" & tab & searchString & tab & "*" & tab & 
> "*"  & tab & "*"  .
> 
> This, I assume, ensures that my hits don't include lines where the  
> string appears in any other column.  It works like lightening when I  
> search in any of the first four columns, but beyond that I get the  
> dreaded spinning beach ball in Mac OS X (Tiger).  Is there a better way?

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