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Oct 1, 2007

Hey, Scripting Guy! How Can I Search a Text File for Terms Read In From a Second Text File?

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Hey, Scripting Guy! I have a text file that has a list of search terms in it. I would like to write a script that can search for each of those terms in a second file, and then report back any of the terms that couldn’t be found in that second file. How do I do that?-- PH Hey, PH. You know, this is a good day for the Scripting Guy who writes this...