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Revision 2 (Per Amundsen, 02/25/2014 06:21 AM) → Revision 3/15 (Per Amundsen, 02/25/2014 06:21 AM)
_Added in 1.9.0_ */write [-cidna l<line> s<text> w<wildcard> r</regex/>] <filename> [text]* *Switches* -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 line. -n - Prevent adding $crlf at the end of the text. -a - Appends the text to an existing line. -l - Line number for the line to write/modify/delete. -s - Operates on a file that matched a the scanned <text>. -w - Operates on a file that matched a the scanned <wildcard> pattern. -r - same as -w - but uses a regular expression match. *Parameters* <filename> - The file name to manipulate. [text] - The text to be written to the file. <line> - The line number to find. <text> - The text to scan. <wildcard> - Wildcard pattern to match. </regex/> - Regex pattern to match. <filename> - The file name to manipulate. [text] - The text to be written to the file. *Example* <pre> alias example { ;Create a file; 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 } </pre>