thanx all
ok the while loop still seems to freeze echo'ing after a few 100 lines
thanks John, I dont think the /play will do what I want it to at the moment tho
basically it's a log file, and i'm scanning the log file [line by line], for instances of a certain string, every time the string exists, it increments a %counter
tbh I don't mind it actually taking longer, but it would be nice to see a progress number
Last edited by quartz; 29/03/20 09:23 PM.