AdiIRC

_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 line that matches the scanned <text>.

-w - Operates on a line that matches the scanned <wildcard> pattern.

-r - same as -w - but uses a regular expression match.

*Parameters*

<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*

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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>