All the extra stuff just supports the GUI. The operations would be performed on a simple text file and you would be able to modify it by hand, if desired. Jon On 04/25/2013 12:50 PM, joe@actionline.com wrote: > Thanks Bob, but I'm afraid the apache web server > and cgi script approach is way over my head. > > Really hoping for a minimalist solution that is > much simpler to just do the search on a plain, > unformatted text file (perhaps with grep?). > > Joe > > --------------- > Bob Elzer wrote: >> Do you have an apache web server >> what about a CGI script >> I had my phone list in a CSV file, I then have two Perl scripts >> The first one builds a web page with the list >> The second is a CGI, that searches the HTML file >> and retrieves the matching lines. >> You enter your search criteria in a simple HTML form. > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss