Adding a New line to a text file

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(imported topic written by gbabbitt91)

I found an earlier post that shows how to parse through a file and change a particualr line in that file.

// store the file location
parameter "filename" = "c:\somefile.ini"
// iterate through the file replacing lines as necessary
appendfile {concatenation "%0d%0a" of ( if (it starts with "Username=") then (preceding text of first "Username=" of it) & "Username=" & (name of current user) else it ) of lines of file(parameter "filename")}

This works great but what I would like to do is modify this example so that it adds a new line to the ini file before the line containing “Username=” Im not quite sure how get the newline added. Appreciate the help

thanks

Greg

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(imported comment written by jessewk)

Try something like this, replacing “line you’d like to add” with your line:

appendfile {concatenation “%0d%0a” of ( if (it starts with “Username=”) then “line you’d like to add” & “%0d%0a” & it else it ) of lines of file(parameter “filename”)}

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(imported comment written by gbabbitt91)

Thanks! That worked great.