VBScript to Read Text File (TSM Opt Config File)

[djtech2k]

I am looking for a good text file reading script/function to read a TSM Opt Config file and pull out certain configuration items.

I was wondering if anyone here has written something like this before. If not, a solid text file read would be helpful.

I thought there was a good text file reader in the FAQ here, but I could not find it.

 

[Geates]

Not sure what TSM Opt Config files look like so I'm not sure how the data needs to be parsed. However, below is a simple loop to open and read a text file line by line.

set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
set objFile = objFSO.OpenTextFile("C:\temp\tile.txt", 1. true, 0)

do while NOT objFile.AtEndOfStream
   strLine = objFile.ReadLine

   '
   'do stuff
   '
loop

-Geates

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- Martin Golding

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[djtech2k]

Thanks. I have written text file scraping before, but I was looking for something that may be written specifically for parsing a config file for items.

For example, the items in this config file will list the "tag" and then the data, e.g.

DOMAIN C: D:
LOG c:\temp\file.log

So I need to parse the file and grab the data for specific conofiguration items. I know I have seen some very nice samples that included the search and error checking. For example, there could be some config items that are duplicates or lines that are commented.