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I've played with this for most of the afternoon now and I've looked at a lot of incomplete pieces of related information, but I can't make this work with a group of selected files rather than just one ...

It would be nice if you could take down the source code.

Certainly. Done.

OK. I'm confused, but totally willing to comply.

then it is not secure. would you like some of the source code?

lol, go for it. That way I can make a patch.

I'm waiting........

lol

i go ...

There may be two different conversations in play here.

The thing is, you guys can manipulate it and do whatever it is you do, but the version I created is on my website and will keep your system sa ...

The work around in your second script is to define your array as global.

I hope this is helpful...

Thanks jballi. That's what I ended up doing, and yes, you were helpful.

I did a bit of head ...

The following two code examples show the same gui with the exception that the second version is wrapped in a function.

In each instance I've created a simple two element array with items fArray1 = ...

if (i:=RegExMatch(Pattern,"(?<=That would allow wildcards only at the end of the name. Notice the pattern I used in my test: ?u*y.

You're absolutely correct of course. Smile

...So how short is this function going to get?

I doubt it will get much shorter, but building on the excellent solution of lexiKos, the line...

if (i:=RegExMatch(Pattern,"Glob(list, &qu ...

It seems too simple... maybe I missed something? Laughing

Not at all! That's a perfectly elegant solution.

What I didn't say is it's only of benefit if you specifically have a use for it. I don't. ...

It is merely a convenience; the loop or command is recursing for each wildcard, instead of requiring the programmer to do so explicitly.

Yes, I follow what you're saying and what you coded, but you ...

Why not simply...
Loop, %A_AppData%\.purple\logs\aim\*, 2
{
Loop, %A_LoopFileLongPath%\randommsn\*.html
{
;...
}
} Question

Until you've used unix style gl ...

I absolutely agree that the *nix style of wildcard globbing is a truly elegant tool when used with certain file structures.

Web servers and mail servers in particular are very easily controlled wit ...

You may like to look at...

http://www.autohotkey.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5763

G'day Skan,

Yes.

We just block read it, remove any 0x1A characters, and then parse it to the mainline logic. It does the job without any drama.

Best Regards,

LBJ

G'day Skan,

Thanks for that.

We've scanned through all the documentation and really decided there's no option. We now pre-process the file in binary mode prior to the text based access. It adds ...