Open .TXT file then delete the top 4 lines, save file..??

[cypher175]

ello govena..

I need to open a .txt file then delete the top 4 lines in it, then save it as a new "file.(1).txt" and so on in a loop..

so each new file is like "file.(1).txt" , "file.(2).txt" , "file.(3).txt" , "file.(4).txt" Ect.. each with 4 lines removed from the previous "file.(#).txt"

how exactly could i do this..??

[z0mgItsJohn]

This does not loop.. but it will get you started.

Code :

#Include <File.Au3>
$File = 'Test.txt'
$FileType = '.txt'
$CharCount = StringSplit ($FileType, '')
$NewName = StringTrimRight ($File, $CharCount[0]) & '(1)' & $FileType
For $A = 5 To _FileCountLines ($File); this makes it so it discludes lines 1-4
$Read = FileReadLine ($File, $A)
FileWriteLine ($NewName, $Read)
Next

Hope it helps!

- John

[Malkey]

ello govena..

I need to open a .txt file then delete the top 4 lines in it, then save it as a new "file.(1).txt" and so on in a loop..

so each new file is like "file.(1).txt" , "file.(2).txt" , "file.(3).txt" , "file.(4).txt" Ect.. each with 4 lines removed from the previous "file.(#).txt"

how exactly could i do this..??

Like this.

NOTE: This script will save a number of files named "test.(Number).txt" to your script's directory.

;
Local $sFileIn = @ScriptDir & "\test.txt"
Local $1TotLines, $sStr, $aFile, $hFile, $sNewPath_Name, $iFileNum = 1

If FileExists($sFileIn) = 0 Then Exit

Local $filtxt = FileRead($sFileIn)

While 1
    $aFile = StringRegExp($filtxt, ".+(?=\v+|$)", 3) ; returns array of every line
    $1TotLines = UBound($aFile) ; Total number of lines
    If $1TotLines > 4 Then
        $sStr = StringRegExpReplace($filtxt, "(.*\v+){4}(?s)(.*)", "\2")
        $sNewPath_Name = StringRegExpReplace($sFileIn, "(^.*)\.(.*)", "\1") & ".(" & $iFileNum & ")" & StringRegExpReplace($sFileIn, "^.*\.", ".$1")
        $hFile = FileOpen($sNewPath_Name, 10)
        FileWrite($hFile, $sStr)
        FileClose($hFile)
        ;ConsoleWrite($1TotLines & @CRLF &$sStr & @CRLF & @CRLF)
        $filtxt = $sStr
        $iFileNum += 1
    Else
        ExitLoop
    EndIf
    ;ShellExecute($sNewPath_Name) ; Opens file with the application associated with the file extension.
WEnd
;