The “Hey, Scripting Guys!” blog has been retired. There are many useful posts in this blog, so we keep the blog here for historical reference. However, some information might be very outdated and many of the links might not work anymore.

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Scripting Blog [archived]

Formerly known as the "Hey, Scripting Guy!" blog

How Can I Tally Items in a Text File?

June 7, 2005 Jun 7, 2005 06/7/05

ScriptingGuy1

(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I tally items in a text file?-- JA(image) (image) (image) Hey, JA. If we understand you correctly you have a text file that consists of a number of lines, each line representing a particular item. Just to keep things simple, let’s say your text file consists of city names:City Seattle Seattle Los ...

How Can I Use ADO to Open a Text File That has Spaces in the File Name?

May 24, 2005 May 24, 2005 05/24/05

ScriptingGuy1

(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I use ADO to open a text file that has spaces in the file name?-- TL(image) (image) (image) Hey, TL. You might not even remember sending us this question; to say it’s been awhile would be an understatement. (You should have seen all the dust and cobwebs we had to brush off this question before we could...

How Can I Delete a Table from a Jet Database?

March 11, 2005 Mar 11, 2005 03/11/05

ScriptingGuy1

(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! Can I delete a table from a Jet database using a script?-- AK(image) (image) (image) Hey, AK. Of course you can delete a table from a Jet database using a script; after all, you can do anything using a script! Well, OK, maybe not DHCP server stuff. And maybe you can’t change the display resolution of your ...

Can I Get a List of All My User Accounts?

August 11, 2004 Aug 11, 2004 08/11/04

ScriptingGuy1

(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! Is there any way to get a list of all the user accounts in Active Directory?-- CB, Fremont, CA(image) (image) (image) Hey, CB. By far the quickest and easiest way to do this is to search Active Directory for all your user accounts. Here’s a sample script that searches the fabrikam.com domain; to search your own ...

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