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Friday, February 20, 2009 9:34 PM

Hey, Scripting Guy! Quick-Hits Friday: The Scripting Guys Respond to a Bunch of Questions (02/20/09)

How Do I Determine the Versions of Several Executable Files Not Registered in the Registry? Hey, Scripting Guy! I need your help. I need to know the version of several executable files not registered in the registry. I can find the version of a single
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Thursday, December 13, 2007 10:17 PM

Hey, Scripting Guy! How Can I Remove Duplicate Values From a Pair of Text Files?

Hey, 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. How do I do that?
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Monday, December 10, 2007 10:11 PM

Hey, Scripting Guy! How Can I Replace Text That Includes Double Quote Marks and a Tab Character?

Hey, 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. How can I do that?
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Monday, June 04, 2007 8:28 PM

How Can I Copy Selected Columns From a CSV File to an Excel File?

Hey, 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
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Tuesday, December 05, 2006 5:56 PM

How Can I Convert a Tilde-Delimited File to Microsoft Excel Format?

Hey, 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, and how
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Tuesday, November 14, 2006 1:26 PM

How Can I Extract Information Located Between Two Known Values in a Text File?

Hey, Scripting Guy! In a text file, how can I extract the information that appears between the string HOSTNAME= and a blank space? -- B Hey, B. You’ll have to pardon us if we seem a little sluggish today; we’re still recovering from all the fun and excitement
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Tuesday, October 17, 2006 9:00 AM

How Can I Clear the Contents of Any File Dropped on My Script Icon?

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I write a script that will clear the contents of any file that I drag and drop on the script icon? -- SN Hey, SN. Say, you didn’t by any chance misplace a few hundred thousand insects did you? OK; just thought we’d ask. This
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Tuesday, August 15, 2006 6:48 PM

How Can I Remove Double Double Quotes From a Text File?

Hey, Scripting Guy! I have a comma-separated values file that has data similar to this: data1",""data2"","data3",""data4"". As you can see, some of the items are enclosed by two sets of double quote marks (like ""data2""). How can I remove one of those
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Wednesday, July 26, 2006 12:13 PM

How Can I Move the Oldest File in a Folder to a Different Folder?

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I move the oldest file in the folder C:\Upload to C:\Download? -- DD Hey, DD. Funny you should mention the word “oldest.” The Scripting Guy who writes this column recently attended a family reunion and, for the first time ever,
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Wednesday, May 24, 2006 4:47 AM

How Can I Get a Script to Delete Itself?

Hey, Scripting Guy! I have a script for installing a printer that I give to my end users. When the script finishes, I’d like it to be able to delete itself. How can I get a script to delete itself? -- EA Hey, EA. You know, that’s an interesting idea:
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Wednesday, May 03, 2006 6:09 PM

How Can I Remove Blank Spaces Before and After a String Value?

Hey, Scripting Guy! We have a custom in-house application that writes data to a log file. The problem is that the data often has a bunch of blank spaces before and after it. How can I remove all the blank spaces that come before and after my data? --
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Thursday, April 27, 2006 8:56 AM

How Can I Print Just the Text Area of an HTA?

Hey, Scripting Guy! I have an HTA where information gets written to a text area. How can I print just the information found in that text area? -- DS Hey, DS. We want you to level with us here: are the Scripting Guys dead? We ask that because we saw the
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Wednesday, April 19, 2006 10:44 AM

How Can I Open a Text File as Unicode?

Hey, Scripting Guy! I have some text files that include Unicode characters. When I try to open those files using a script all I get back is gibberish. How can I open a text file as Unicode? -- FA Hey, FA. You know, the truly great magicians don’t concoct
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Monday, April 03, 2006 6:11 PM

How Can I Count the Number of Words in a Text File?

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I count the number of words in a text file? -- LA Hey, LA. You know, this is one of those questions where the Scripting Guys outsmarted themselves. (Not that outsmarting the Scripting Guys is particularly hard to do, mind you.)
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Friday, March 03, 2006 1:53 PM

How Can I Read Just the Last Line of a Text file?

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I read just the last line of a text file? -- BM Hey, BM. You know, if you’ve ever wondered how Hey, Scripting Guy! differs from other daily columns (like, say, Dear Abby ), well, here’s one way. Suppose someone writes Dear
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