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Hey, Scripting Guy! Right now I use a script to open a text file containing computer names. The script reads the first line of the file and connects to that computer, then reads the second line of the file and connects to that computer. Is there a way to store those names in a variable or something, so that I don’t have to keep reading the text f...

Hey, Scripting Guy! I’d like to be able to read through a text file, select the lines that begin with a particular word (like Failure), and then save only those lines back to the same text file. Is there any way to do that?-- AC Hey, AC. Hey, AC. For simplicity’s sake, we’re assuming you have a text file that looks similar to this:Success - Oper...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I count the number of lines in a text file?-- MS Hey, MS. It’s easy to tell that Microsoft’s scripting technologies weren’t written by people who do system administration for a living. Our scripting technologies are jam-packed with features and capabilities, yet we always seem to missing the things that people really ...

Hey, Scripting Guy! I have a bunch of text files in a folder. Is there a way to print those files using a script? I know I can use Microsoft Word to print the files from a script, but I don’t have Microsoft Word installed on that computer.-- MA Hey, MA. Don’t tell anyone from Microsoft we said this, but that’s OK; you don’t need Microsoft Word j...

Hey, Scripting Guy! Is there an easy way to save my script output to a text file rather than displaying it on screen? -- KP, Ogden, UT Hey, KP. If you always want your script to save data to a text file rather than display it on screen, then you’re probably better off using the FileSystemObject and its file-writing capabilities. However, it appear...