I haven't tried Parse-O-Matic Free edition yet, but it sounds promising. Below is an excerpt from their web page.
If you prefer to create your own parsing application, you can obtain our Parse-O-Matic Free Edition. It is nearly as powerful as the tools we use to create our most complex custom applications, so it can handle many common parsing challenges.
All you need to write your own parsing scripts is a text editor, and some programming skills.
Input formats: Read, extract, analyze and reorganize data fields from flat files such as: text (ASCII from Windows, Unix/Linux or Mac, EBCDIC from a mainframe, plus log files from web servers, process control devices and scientific instruments); binary ("hex"); fixed length and variable length records; tab/null/comma-delimited; Windows clipboard.
Working with large files? The Parse-O-Matic Free Edition can convert, filter and transform files of almost any size. If you have enough room on your hard disk to copy it, then you can probably parse it.
Output formats: Almost any record or file format, including HTML and XML. You can also write text to the Windows clipboard so it can be directly pasted into other applications.
If you prefer to create your own parsing application, you can obtain our Parse-O-Matic Free Edition. It is nearly as powerful as the tools we use to create our most complex custom applications, so it can handle many common parsing challenges.
All you need to write your own parsing scripts is a text editor, and some programming skills.
Input formats: Read, extract, analyze and reorganize data fields from flat files such as: text (ASCII from Windows, Unix/Linux or Mac, EBCDIC from a mainframe, plus log files from web servers, process control devices and scientific instruments); binary ("hex"); fixed length and variable length records; tab/null/comma-delimited; Windows clipboard.
Working with large files? The Parse-O-Matic Free Edition can convert, filter and transform files of almost any size. If you have enough room on your hard disk to copy it, then you can probably parse it.
Output formats: Almost any record or file format, including HTML and XML. You can also write text to the Windows clipboard so it can be directly pasted into other applications.
Check it out here... 
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