Forums Scripts & Popups Help with very simple script

I got a .txt file that has seperate pieces of text on each line. I use a timer ( //timer 0 2400 -play text.txt ) it will play a different line in the .txt document every 20 minutes but when it gets to the end it just stops and doesnt repeat the process. Im wondering how i can get it to repeat the process wihtout doing it manually and how i can get it to amsg instead of just saying it in one channel. Any help appreciated. Kind regards, Spirit

amsg $read(file.txt, $rand(1,$lines(file.txt))

I'd use the 'n' flag to make sure the contents aren't evaluated:

this is the script i used to use when it would just play to one channel. Can someone help me modify it so it amsgs instead of just msging to one channel?

alias read_next_help {
var %f = helpfile.txt , %lines = $lines(%f) , %chan = $1
inc %help.lread
if (%help.lread > %lines) { set %help.lread 1 }
if ($read(%f,%help.lread) != $null && $me ison %chan) { msg %chan $read(%f,%help.lread) }
}

It would've been better if you'd given us this code in the first place, and asked if we would modify it, rather than asking for a new code.


Please note that your code is not the most efficient, and it sends the lines in sequential order, rather than random order, which was part of the original request.