Deleting single line of txt file

[JailDoctor]

You are right Jos! I tried with the real file to which I need to apply this and it worked!

[Melba23]

JailDoctor,

Running this:

#include <File.au3>
_FileWriteToLine("Test.txt", 1, "", 1)
ConsoleWrite(FileRead("Test.txt") & @CRLF)

returns this:

--> Press Ctrl+Alt+F5 to Restart or Ctrl+Break to Stop
2 Do not delete
3 Do not delete
4 Do not delete
5 Do not delete
6 Do not delete

Which I presume is what you want. So the problem must lie elsewhere in those 7k lines.

M23

[JailDoctor]

Thanks Melba,

Could it possible have to do with the numbers at the beginning of each line?

It does work on the files I need to concatenate. Tab delimited txt files that list the field names at the top. I only need the name of the fields on the first page, not the rest.

Edited May 7, 2013 by JailDoctor

[Jos]

It works fine with the file you posted, doesn't it for you?

[JailDoctor]

No Jos, it didn't work for some reason.

The important thing is that it works on the designated files.

[guinness]

That's why when I code in the Windows environment I make sure a EOLs are rn (@CRLF) as problems like this don't arise.

[Melba23]

JailDoctor ,

And here is an SRE to do just that:

$sText = StringRegExpReplace($sText, "((?<!\x0d)\x0a|\x0d(?!\x0a))", @CRLF)

It replaces any @CR without a following @LF, or any @LF without a preceding @CR, to @CRLF.

M23

[guinness]

Beat me to it.

[JailDoctor]

Thanks Melba, this is going to be very useful because I am now working with a bunch of txts from different sources and of course each one of them assures me their format is the correct format.

[AZJIO]