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October 19, 2013Oct 19, 201310/19/13Summary: Windows PowerShell MVP, Boe Prox, talks about using Windows PowerShell and Pinvoke to delete locked files.
Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Today we have a guest blog post by newly crowned Windows PowerShell MVP, Boe Prox. Long-time readers of the Hey,
December 14, 2007Dec 14, 200712/14/07Hey, Scripting Guy! I have two text files that contain numbers. I need to write a script that can determine whether a given number exists in both of these text files. If it does, I need to delete that line from each of the two files.
December 11, 2007Dec 11, 200712/11/07Hey, Scripting Guy! I read one of your columns on replacing text in a file and I found it very useful. However, I have a somewhat more-complicated need: I want to replace text that includes both double quote marks and a tab character.
June 4, 2007Jun 4, 200706/4/07Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I copy selected columns from a CSV file to an Excel file?— MdP
Hey, MdP. One thing that people always worry about (and rightly so) is that one of these days the Scripting Guys will do something that tears a hole in the space-time continuum.
December 5, 2006Dec 5, 200612/5/06Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I convert a tilde-delimited file to Microsoft Excel format?
— JN
Hey, JN. You know, to tell you the truth we’re beginning to rethink our approach to this column. After all, usually we tell people how easy things are,
