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[hiddenop]

hi,
i got a log file with the " | " character (the pipe) into it. Each time i try to read the line, it went to carriage return

exemple

filelog.dat
- -cut

[ Network Services ]

- Check Daemons : more /etc/inetd.conf (Linux xinetd.conf )
- Processes : ps –ef | more
------------ cut here

my logviewer
Loop, read, %database%,`r`n
{
List = %A_LoopReadLine%
GuiControl, 1:, tbox, "|"
GuiControl, 1:, tbox, %List%
}
---

results

[ Network Services ]

- Check Daemons : more /etc/inetd.conf (Linux xinetd.conf )
- Processes : ps –ef <-------------- HERE HE DOESNT DISPLAY THIS SUCKING 'pipe' ????
more

HELP, i'm going crazy !

[toralf]

Hi,
you could use StringReplace to replace all | with `|

[Decarlo110]

If that doesnt work, try {} around it.

And if that doesn't work, try using another text editor for this particular operation, namely, WordPad or Metapad. Some text editors, Notepad being one of these, dont fully support Unicode characters, but there are workarounds.

But you don't need to switch editors.. AutoHotkey can do many things more than one way... Have a look at the following links:

http://www.autohotkey.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3513
http://www.autohotkey.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3634
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[Chris]

The suggestions above will probably not work because I don't think there's any support for it yet. An option to choose a different delimiter needs to be added so that the pipe character can act like a normal character. I'll make sure this is on the to-do list for the near future.

Edit: The ability was recently added to customize the delimiter to something other than pipe. See Gui +Delimiter.

[Rubberduck]

If Chris says there is a problem then maybe using a external programm is helping.

With a quicksearch in google I found this link:

http://www.tylogix.com/Downloads/Download%20Intro/TYLOGIX%20Download%20REPCHAR.htm

I don't know if it helps, but there are surely a lot of other utilities
that can replace characters in a file that helps solving your problem.

Greetings
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[toralf]

Hi rubberduck,
I don't think that tool is a real help. It just does the replacement. That isn't the problem with AHK. StringReplace will replace the replace the pipe. As far as I understood Chris post, the problem is the GUI control. As soon as there is a pipe (escaped or not) the control starts a new line. So the only current way is to replace the pipe with a different string or character.
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[Rubberduck]

That was my idea with the little external program.

hiddenop should first call a external util to replace any
Pipe in his lof-file with another character.
Then he can read the file (withut pipes) with AHK.

Was only an idea
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