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Hey, Scripting Guy! I need to read in data from a text file and store each line as a separate item in an array. However, the data in each line must also be stored as an array; in other words, I need an array made up of other arrays. I tried creating a multidimensional array, but I can’t get it to work. Can you help?-- PA Hey, PA. As you probably...

Hey, Scripting Guy! I have a bunch of folders that had names like this: BAD_20080411; in other words, the characters BAD_ followed by the date. These folders can be on any drive on my computer. How can I write a script that will locate all these folders for me?-- NS Hey, NS. Did you hear about the construction worker who attempted to place a curs...

Hey, Scripting Guy! Is it possible to determine the owner of a file using Windows PowerShell?-- GF Hey, GF. Well, today is April 15th, which, in the US, can mean only one thing: it’s time to celebrate the birthday of Italian mathematician Pietro Antonio Cataldi, best known for discovering the sixth and seventh Mersenne primes. Pietro, who develo...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I import a fixed-width data file into Microsoft Excel?-- RS Hey, RS. This column is being written on a Friday morning, and so far it’s been a very weird morning at that. For one thing, it’s not raining and – if you look closely – you can even see the sun. (It’s been awhile, but we’d recognize the sun anywhere.) Even w...

Hey, Scripting Guy! I am trying to use Windows PowerShell to look at files on my computer; what I want to do is get back a history (that is, the last time a document was accessed) for all the Microsoft Office files in a folder and its subfolders. However, I’m not having much luck. Any ideas would be appreciated.-- KM Hey, KM. We don’t know if yo...