Forums Scripts & Popups pulling top 3 from a text file

* /filter: unable to open 'C:\MS711\file.txt' (line 2, script.mrc)

i did your first suggestion
alias top3 {
filter -cfftue 2 32 file.txt file.txt *
msg #Praise-Him The top three are
var %i = 1
while (%i <= 3) {
if ($read(file.txt,%i)) {
tokenize 32 $ifmatch
msg #Praise-Him * $+($ord(%i),:) $1 with $2 wins
inc %i
}
}
}

and that was the error msg
ive never worked with filter, and apreciate any help you could give