Category: Scripting

Yes, this is something that a lot of people want to do (whether they realise it or not) as the s/pattern1/replacement/ does not work if the string spans more than one line. Example Suppose we want to replace every instance of Microsoft Windows 95 with Linux (I mean, just replace the text !). Our first attempt is this: s/Microsoft Windows 95/Linux/g Unfortunately, the script fails if our file looks like this: Microsoft Windows 95 Since neither line matches the pattern microsoft Windows 95 So we need to do better. We need the "multiline next" or N command. The next command […]

  Runs a program in a new process. Copy object .Run(strCommand, [intWindowStyle], [bWaitOnReturn]) Arguments object WshShell object. strCommand String value indicating the command line you want to run. You must include any parameters you want to pass to the executable file. intWindowStyle Optional. Integer value indicating the appearance of the program’s window. Note that not all programs make use of this information. bWaitOnReturn Optional. Boolean value indicating whether the script should wait for the program to finish executing before continuing to the next statement in your script. If set to true, script execution halts until the program finishes, and Run […]