File Delete Line

[PcExpert]

Hi all,

Is there a function in autoit to delete a specified line?

Thanks!

[Paulie]

not a built-in function that i know of, but i suppose you could _FileReadToArray() and then _ArrayDelete() the line you want to remove.

[NeuroToxic]

Func _Delete_Line_In_File($fileName, $lineNum)
    
    Local $len = FileGetSize($fileName)
    Local $txt = FileRead($fileName, $len)
    If @error = 1 Then Return 0
    Local $pos1 = StringInStr($txt, @lf, 0, $lineNum - 1)
    Local $pos2 = StringInStr($txt, @lf, 0, $lineNum)
    If $pos1 > 0 Or $pos2 > 0 Then
        If $pos2 = 0 Then $pos2 = $len
        FileDelete($fileName)
        FileWrite($fileName, StringMid($txt, 1, $pos1) & StringMid($txt, $pos2 + 1))
        Return 1
    EndIf
    Return 0
   
EndFunc ;==> _Delete_Line_In_File()

[rasim]

Hi all,

Is there a function in autoit to delete a specified line?

Thanks!

More solutions

#include <Array.au3>
#include <File.au3>

Global $StrArray[1]

DeleteString(@ScriptDir & "\test.txt", 3)

Func DeleteString($sFileName, $sLine)
    Local $FileHwnd
    
    If Not FileExists($sFileName) Then
        MsgBox(16, "Error", "File not exist")
        Exit
    EndIf
    
    _FileReadToArray($sFileName, $StrArray)
    _ArrayDelete($StrArray, $sLine)
    ;_ArrayDisplay($StrArray)
    
    $FileHwnd = FileOpen($sFileName, 2)
    
    For $i = 1 To UBound($StrArray) -1
        FileWriteLine($FileHwnd, $StrArray[$i])
    Next
    
    FileClose($FileHwnd)
EndFunc

[goldenix]

Small note, I dont recommend using arrays. Array is slow as hell. Especially if you have files with around 100 000 lines in them or you simply phrise many files. String thing is alot faster.

[PcExpert]

So there isnt a function like this: FileDeleteLine("mytextfile.txt", "TThis line is ready to be deleted.")

[BigDod]

_FileWriteToLine

Remarks

If _FileWriteToLine is called with $fOverWrite as 1 and $sText as "", it will delete the line.

[PcExpert]

Thanks bigdod!

[PcExpert]

@Big Dod

How to use that function if I dont know wich line I want to delete, I know the text, but not the line number.

[rasim]

PcExpert

_ReplaceStringInFile()

[jackbanditdude]

This is an old post, but if you attempted to use _FileWriteToLine() recently and for any reason it could not open, NeuroToxic's solution works like a charm. Simply put it into a for loop using FileReadLine to find your line number with the matching string and then use the _Delete_Line_In_File() function.

_FileWriteToLine() could not open my file, regardless how I gave it the file, closing it, opening it, etc.

_ReplaceStringInFile() wasn't a very good choice either for what I was doing.

I'll hold on to NeuroToxic's little code snippet for sure. Adding