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How Can I Remove Any Line in a Text File That Contains a Specified String Value?

September 8, 2007 Sep 8, 2007 09/8/07
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Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I remove any line in a text file that contains the string f0?-- CJ Hey, CJ. Before we begin, we have a question for you: are you by any chance a serious player of online video games like EverQuest or World of Warcraft? Admittedly, none of the Scripting Guys play these games; we still find Pong to be a little over...

How Can I Backup an Event Log to a Text File?

September 7, 2007 Sep 7, 2007 09/7/07
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Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I backup an event log to a text file?-- IMBDS Hey, IMBDS. You know, the Scripting Guys have dedicated their lives to helping others. (Well, OK, originally we dedicated our lives to having others help us. But when no one seemed very interested in that we changed our minds.) That means that, on those rare occasions...

How Can I List the Addresses in My Sent Items Folder in an Excel Spreadsheet?

September 6, 2007 Sep 6, 2007 09/6/07
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Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I get a list of all the email addresses in my Sent Items and then write those addresses to an Excel spreadsheet?-- RD Hey, RD. As a matter of fact, yes, we are having problems focusing on work today. Granted, that’s true most days. However, at least today it’s understandable, coming on the heels of a very ...

How Can I Add a Background Picture to an Excel Worksheet?

September 5, 2007 Sep 5, 2007 09/5/07
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Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I add a background picture to an Excel worksheet?-- GA Hey, GA. You know, being the health-conscious type, each morning the Scripting Guy who writes this column eats some non-fat raspberry yogurt … right before he eats his daily doughnut. (But don’t worry: it’s a medically-proven fact that eating yogurt ...

How Can I Remove All the Non-Alphabetic Characters in a String?

September 1, 2007 Sep 1, 2007 09/1/07
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Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I remove all the non-alphabetic characters in a string?-- CD Hey, CD. You know, typically the Scripting Guys don’t play favorites; we treat all our readers and all the questions we receive exactly the same. (OK, so, technically that means that, for the most part, we simply ignore all our readers as well as all ...