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How Do I Get Rid of Extraneous Spaces in a String?

September 16, 2004 Sep 16, 2004 09/16/04
ScriptingGuy1
(image) I know that I can use the Split command to separate a sentence like this - VBScript is fun! - into an array of individual words. However, what happens if I have a sentence like this: VBScript is fun! I can’t use a blank space as the delimiter because I might have lots of blank spaces. And I can’t use a specific number of blank ...

How Can I Use Both Command-line Arguments and a Default Value?

September 15, 2004 Sep 15, 2004 09/15/04
ScriptingGuy1
(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! I’d like to have a script that accepts computer names as command-line arguments and then runs against each of those computers. However, if you don’t enter any command-line arguments, I’d like it to default to running against the local computer. Can you help me out here?-- TS(image) (image) (image) Hey, TS. ...

Why Doesn't My LIKE Query Work on Windows 2000?

September 13, 2004 Sep 13, 2004 09/13/04
ScriptingGuy1
(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! I’m trying to use a LIKE query in my WMI scripts. The query works fine on Windows XP computers, but I can’t get it work on Windows 2000 computers. Do you know what I’m doing wrong?-- GS(image) (image) (image) Hey, GS. Actually you’re not doing anything wrong. You’re using a script similar to this, which ...

How Can I Tell Which Account a Service is Running Under?

September 10, 2004 Sep 10, 2004 09/10/04
ScriptingGuy1
(image) We have services that run under a particular user account. Each time we change the password for that user account, we need to change the password for any services that run under that account as well. But how can we tell which account a service is running under?-- SA(image) (image) (image) Hey, SA. By and large WMI is a pretty ...

How Can I Read in IP Addresses and Use Them in a Script?

September 9, 2004 Sep 9, 2004 09/9/04
ScriptingGuy1
(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! I have a text file that contains a bunch of IP addresses. I’d like to be able to read these addresses from a script, and then use them to connect to those computers. Is that possible?-- RL (image) (image) (image) Hey, RL. You bet you can do this, and here’s how. First, make sure your text file looks ...