emmanuel Posted May 12, 2004 Share Posted May 12, 2004 so, I got the bug in my head that it'd be cool to be able to do a netsh dump (like this: netsh dump interface ip > dumpfile.nsh with comspec) and then make some changes to the file and dump it out to another file to be reintegrated with another netsh command... sounded great... I read the help file, tried to find how I might do it.. fileopen worked, I apparently had the file open, I couldn't figure out what I should do next... I stumbled about the helpfile some more, found _filereadtoarray (#include <file.au3>) but I can't seem to figure out how to define an array variable properly to recieve the information... but I digress... my real question isn't how to make filereadtoarray work, it's more "what's the best way to open a file, find specific text (in multiple instances), edit what follows that text, and save it?" "I'm not even supposed to be here today!" -Dante (Hicks) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scriptkitty Posted May 12, 2004 Share Posted May 12, 2004 (edited) I like to put them all in one line, straight to an array.I usually work with it line by line, but you can use it in an all in one variable as well.$arrayvar = StringSplit(Stringreplace(FileRead("SomeFile.txt", FileGetSize("SomeFile.txt)),@lf,""),@cr)Basically you read the entire file into a variable, remove the @lf of @crlf so you are left with only @cr, then you split the file by every @cr, and thus you have an array of each line. (stringSplit needs one and only one character, @CRLF is 2)Look into StringTrimLeft, StringReplace, and StrinInStr() as suggested above. These can do wonders.edit..For large files, I would sugest a regular expression edit however.edit2... Dang trids beat me to my own edit. But I prefer a good search and replace Regular Expessions, last time I downloaded GREP it was only search. Maybe I need to look into it again.. Edited May 12, 2004 by scriptkitty AutoIt3, the MACGYVER Pocket Knife for computers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trids Posted May 12, 2004 Share Posted May 12, 2004 Depending on the nature of your edits (and your passion for Regular Expressions ) .. you might also like to try the external command-line utility grep A truly cool tool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emmanuel Posted May 12, 2004 Author Share Posted May 12, 2004 regular expressions? what's that?as to the size of the file, it's 10k and 372 lines...trying to read the file, and test that it's been read, nothing comes up in the msgbox:$dumpfile = '"' & @ScriptDir & "\dump.nsh" & '"' ; get a dump RunWait(@ComSpec & " /c " & 'netsh dump interface ip > ' & $dumpfile) $dumpread = FileRead($dumpfile, FileGetSize($dumpfile)) MsgBox(0,"is there anything in there?",$dumpread)next I'd try to figure out the string searches and replaces... god help me there... "I'm not even supposed to be here today!" -Dante (Hicks) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emmanuel Posted May 12, 2004 Author Share Posted May 12, 2004 ok, figured that part out, it's the way I'd defined $dumpfile with the quotes built in, I changed it as follows:$dumpfile = @ScriptDir & "\dump.nsh" RunWait(@ComSpec & " /c " & 'netsh dump interface ip > "' & $dumpfile & '"')and the msgox now hold the contents of dump.nsh... now on to the fun part... "I'm not even supposed to be here today!" -Dante (Hicks) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trids Posted May 12, 2004 Share Posted May 12, 2004 I think you're right Kitty, that link to grep doesn't seem to offer any replacement features But. This one does @Emmanuel: Regular Expressions are only second to autoit when it comes to acquiring new superhuman powers. OK seriously. I guess you could say they are pattern recognition expressions. Google a bit and see how you appetite gets whetted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scriptkitty Posted May 12, 2004 Share Posted May 12, 2004 I actually use that one, works quite nicely, and not too slow. AutoIt3, the MACGYVER Pocket Knife for computers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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