AHK FileReadLine

[chickenbeaks]

How can I use FileReadLine to read the last line in a text file?

[_dave_]

Assuming you do not know in advance how many lines the file contains, not by using FileReadLine [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

At a quick glance, the AHK documentation suggest this snippet:

<font class="small">Code:</font><hr /><pre>
<font color="green">; Example #2: Retrieve the last line from a text file.</font>
Loop, read, C:\Log File.txt
last_line := A_LoopReadLine <font color="green">; When loop finishes, this will hold the last line.</font>
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http://www.autohotkey.com/docs/comma...opReadFile.htm

How efficient this is I do not know, maybe not very for large files, in which case reading the whole thing then StringTrimLeft to chop it to the last line may be better, although I really have no idea [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

Good luck,

dave.

[chickenbeaks]

Thanks Dave. All is running smoothly now.