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Per Amundsen, 12/30/2019 05:34 PM

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_Added in 1.9.0_
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*/write [-cidnaiNmN l<line> s<text> w<wildcard> r</regex/>] <filename> [text]*
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Writes lines to a text file.
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*Switches*
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-c - Clears the entire file before writing to it.
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-i - Inserts the text at a given line instead of replacing it.
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-d - Deletes the given or last line.
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-n - Prevent adding [[$crlf]] at the end of the text.
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-a - Appends the text to an existing line.
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-lN - Line number for the line to write/modify/delete.
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-sN - Operates on a line that matches the scanned <text>.
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-wN - Operates on a line that matches the scanned <[[Scripting_Wildcards|wildcard]]> pattern.
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-r - same as -w - but uses a [[Scripting_Regex|regular expression]] match.
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-mN - *TODO*
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*Parameters*
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&lt;line&gt; - The line number to find.
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&lt;text&gt; - The text to scan.
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&lt;wildcard&gt; - [[Scripting_Wildcards|Wildcard]] pattern to match.
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&lt;/regex/&gt; - [[Scripting_Regex|regular expression]] pattern to match.
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&lt;filename&gt; - The file name to manipulate.
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[text] - The text to be written to the file.
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*Example*
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<pre>
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alias example {
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  ; Create a file and add a few lines of text to it.
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  /write Example.txt this is a cool line
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  /write Example.txt hello there!
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  /write Example.txt text files are cool
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  ; Locate the line that starts with "hello" and insert the following text before it.
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  /write -is"Hello" Example.txt This will become line 2!
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  ; Delete line 1.
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  /write -dl1 Example.txt
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}
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</pre>