edicat

edicat: Print and transform EDI

Why?

EDI often does not include newlines which makes it incompatible with normal UNIX tools that operate on a line-by-line basis. So we do some simple detection of the segment terminator and append newlines as required.

Install

pip3 install -U edicat

Usage

$ edicat --help
usage: edicat [-n] [filenames [filenames ...]]

Print and concatenate EDI.

positional arguments:
  filenames     Filename(s) or - for stdin

optional arguments:
  -n, --lineno  Number the output lines, starting at 1.

Examples

Simple cat:

$ cat edi850_sample.txt
ISA*00*          *00*          *01*0011223456     *01*999999999      *950120*0147*U*00300*000000005*0*P*^~GS*PO*0011223456*999999999*950120*0147*5*X*003040~ST*850*000000001~BEG*00*SA*95018017***950118~N1*SE*UNIVERSAL WIDGETS~N3*375 PLYMOUTH PARK*SUITE 205~N4*IRVING*TX*75061~N1*ST*JIT MANUFACTURING~N3*BUILDING 3B*2001 ENTERPRISE PARK~N4*JUAREZ*CH**MEX~N1*AK*JIT MANUFACTURING~N3*400 INDUSTRIAL PARKWAY~N4*INDUSTRIAL AIRPORT*KS*66030~N1*BT*JIT MANUFACTURING~N2*ACCOUNTS  PAYABLE DEPARTMENT~N3*400 INDUSTRIAL PARKWAY~N4*INDUSTRIAL AIRPORT*KS*66030~PO1*001*4*EA*330*TE*IN*525*VN*X357-W2~PID*F****HIGH PERFORMANCE WIDGET~SCH*4*EA****002*950322~CTT*1*1~SE*20*000000001~GE*1*5~IEA*1*000000005~

EDIcat:

$ edicat edi850_sample.txt
ISA*00*          *00*          *01*0011223456     *01*999999999      *950120*0147*U*00300*000000005*0*P*^~
GS*PO*0011223456*999999999*950120*0147*5*X*003040~
ST*850*000000001~
BEG*00*SA*95018017***950118~
N1*SE*UNIVERSAL WIDGETS~
N3*375 PLYMOUTH PARK*SUITE 205~
N4*IRVING*TX*75061~
N1*ST*JIT MANUFACTURING~
N3*BUILDING 3B*2001 ENTERPRISE PARK~
N4*JUAREZ*CH**MEX~
N1*AK*JIT MANUFACTURING~
N3*400 INDUSTRIAL PARKWAY~
N4*INDUSTRIAL AIRPORT*KS*66030~
N1*BT*JIT MANUFACTURING~
N2*ACCOUNTS  PAYABLE DEPARTMENT~
N3*400 INDUSTRIAL PARKWAY~
N4*INDUSTRIAL AIRPORT*KS*66030~
PO1*001*4*EA*330*TE*IN*525*VN*X357-W2~
PID*F****HIGH PERFORMANCE WIDGET~
SCH*4*EA****002*950322~
CTT*1*1~
SE*20*000000001~
GE*1*5~
IEA*1*000000005~

Run tests

python3 -m unittest

Known Issues:

• cat /path/* | edicat won't work with documents that are mixed spec/separators (stdin has no hints as to file boundary).
  • Workarounds:
    • edicat /path/*.edi
    • find /path/ -name '*.edi' | xargs edicat
• No TRADACOMS support
• No HL7 support