no point in using the [topic] format to play one line
//var %food = $?="Enter food word $crlf such as mayo" | msg $active $read(food.txt,s,%food)
in food.txt
mayo mayo is bad
hamburger hamburger is good
pizza pizza is good
onion onion is bad
steak steak is very good
bread pumpernickel gives me the devils fart
or
//var %food = * $+ $?="Enter food word $crlf such as mayo" $+ * | msg #reece $read(food.txt,w,%food)
in food.txt
mayo is bad
I love hamburger
only pepperoni pizza
onion is bad
steak is very good
breads like pumpernickel gives me the devils fart
//echo $read(info.txt, s, mirc)
Scans the file info.txt for a line beginning with the word mirc and returns the text following the match value.
//echo $read(help.txt, w, *help*)
Scans the file help.txt for a line matching the wildcard text *help*.
/help $read
/help /play
/help contents