Forums Scripts & Popups Problem with /write command

Hi guys.

I am using the /write command in a script to try and remove a blank line from a file. I wrote a small loop which counts the lines until it finds a blank one (=$null) and then I'm trying to delete the line using:

/write -dl%linecount c:\file.txt

The problem is the script is deleting the first line in the file, and not the one I want it to. Does anyone have any ideas? Help would be much appreciated. Thanks.

Use: /write -dl $+ %linecount c:\file.txt

I'd use the /filter command instead, to get it working more efficiently, but looks like it has a bug. I can't get it to work:

//filter -cxff file.txt file.txt $crlf

It should take out any blank line ($crlf), but it doesn't. no idea why...

It seems, reading and writing from and to one and the same file is not implemented. It works fine for me, when using it from file A to file B, but not from file B to file B. A workaround might be to save the output (without blank lines) to a temporary file.
It could be a bug - or a feature

--hatch

nah, the help file states clearly:

Note: If the input and output are the same window/file, mIRC will process the request correctly.

Must be a bug then.

Yes, it's a bug, I came across it one day too. Eventually I used /filter -ffcg file.txt file.txt /\S/