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Hi, I have this alias to delete a line from a text file, but it isn't working and I'm not sure why. I have a blacklist script that writes addresses to ignore in $wildsite format. I know that it's the same as using $address(PersonsName,2), but this alias won't delete the line.
/delbad {
var %line = $read(badlist.txt,w,$address($1,2))
var %linenum = %readn
write -dl %linenum C:\mirc\badlist.txt
}
Thanks for any help.
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Hoopy frood
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You can't have a space between the -l and the line number.
Try it like this:
write -dl $+ %linenum C:\mirc\badlist.txt
Also, you have %readn when it should be $readn .
-genius_at_work
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/delbad { var %line = $read(badlist.txt,w,$address($1,2)) var %linenum = %readn write -dl %linenum C:\mirc\badlist.txt}
how about $readn
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LOL, oops about the $readn thing. And as for the -l thing, when I've used "write -l", it let me put a space after the -l, but I'll try it that way. Thanks for catching my mistakes. 
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OK, I've tried it with the corrections, and it still won't delete the line. I tried with -dl %linenum and -dl $+ %linenum. The usage of this alias is "/delbad Blake". Here's the alias again
/delbad {
var %line = $read(badlist.txt,w,$address($1,2))
var %linenum = $readn
write -dl %linenum C:\mirc\badlist.txt
}
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Hoopy frood
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Why but why dont you try debugging it?
/delbad {
///echo -s $!address( $1 ,2)) = $address($1,2))
var -s %line = $read(badlist.txt,w,$address($1,2))
var -s %linenum = $readn
///echo -s write -dl %linenum C:\mirc\badlist.txt
write -dl %linenum C:\mirc\badlist.txt
}
I would say your most likely result is that the $read failed to located the speciifeid line, makling $readn = $null, causing the /write to fail.
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I've worked on debugging it and found that my variables echo what I want them to, but this still won't work, with or without the $+ between the -dl and the %linenum variable.
/delbad {
var %line = $read(badlist.txt,w,$address($1,2) $+ *)
var %linenum = $readn
echo -a Line %line Linenum %linenum
write -dl $+ %linenum C:\mirc\badlist.txt
}
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Hoopy frood
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The problem might be that you are using different paths for the read file and the write file. Try it like this:
/delbad {
var %file = "badlist.txt"
var %line = $read(%file,w,$address($1,2) $+ *)
var %linenum = $readn
echo -a Line %line Linenum %linenum
write -dl $+ %linenum %file
}
-genius_at_work
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Hoopy frood
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good point! that or the files read only access.
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Thank you for that catch. The read and the write were happening in two different files in two separate directories. I really appreciate your help.
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might have been nice to have said it to genius_at_work then
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Not sure what you meant there. If you meant that I replied to your post to say thank you, I always reply to the last post when adding to a thread...didn't mean not to include genius_at_work in the "thank you". Thanks to all of you for taking the time to look at this and offer suggestions.
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