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is there a way to display message if text file is empty

I use this to msg $nick the contents of the file



This msg the nick the contents but also want to let him know if the file is empty

Thanks

if ($file(birthday.txt) == $null) msg $nick no such file birthday.txt
if ($file(birthday.txt) == 0) msg $nick birthday.txt has size zero

Both gives same message: no such file birthday.txt

If birthday.txt does not exist it should be = no such file
If birthday.txt does exist it should be = file is empty

sorry my mistake
it works
fixed

when path is not given, mirc looks in this folder for the file:

//echo -a $mircdir

Is the file actually there?

Edit: your last post wasn't showing yet.

Yes the file is there
How will i find a specific word in the text file say find a nick and display the line

Your filename is a relative reference, where system\ is a subfolder of the same folder where your mirc.ini is located.

take a look at the s/w switches for $read. It depends on the format for your line. If the first word of each line is a nick and you want to display only the text following that first word:

$read(system\birthday.txt,nts,$nick)

This searches for a delimited word, so searching for the nick TEST won't find the line TEST1. It's equivalent to $gettok($read(system\birthday.txt,ntw,$nick *),2-,32)

If you want to find a line where $nick is a space delimited word in the line and return that entire line, your search should include the spaces: $read(system\birthday.txt,ntw,* $nick *)