Actions
Added in 1.9.0
/write [-cidnaiNmN l<line> s<text> w<wildcard> r</regex/>] <filename> [text]
Writes lines to a text file.
Switches
| Switch | Description |
| -c | Clears the entire file before writing to it. |
| -i | Inserts the text at a given line instead of replacing it. |
| -d | Deletes the given or last line. |
| -n | Prevent adding $crlf at the end of the text. |
| -a | Appends the text to an existing line. |
| -lN | Line number for the line to write/modify/delete. |
| -sN | Operates on a line that matches the scanned <text>. |
| -wN | Operates on a line that matches the scanned <wildcard> pattern. |
| -r | same as -w - but uses a regular expression match. |
| -mN | changes how $crlf are written to the end of a file, where N = 0 is the default behavior, N = 1 adds $crlf to end of file if it is not already there before writing a line, and N = 2 never adds $crlf to end of file before writing a line. |
Parameters
| Parameter | Description |
| <line> | The line number to find. |
| <text> | The text to scan. |
| <wildcard> | Wildcard pattern to match. |
| </regex/> | Regular expression pattern to match. |
| <filename> | The file name to manipulate. |
| [text] | The text to be written to the file. |
Example
alias example {
; Create a file and add a few lines of text to it.
/write Example.txt this is a cool line
/write Example.txt hello there!
/write Example.txt text files are cool
; Locate the line that starts with "hello" and insert the following text before it.
/write -is"Hello" Example.txt This will become line 2!
; Delete line 1.
/write -dl1 Example.txt
}
Updated by Per Amundsen over 2 years ago · 15 revisions