VBScript – Insert Line into Text File

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option explicit

'call function
'file to modify, text to search for, text to add
AddLine "C:\temp\test.txt","[Logon Profiles]","XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX"

WScript.Quit

Function AddLine(sourcePath, searchString, addText)

Dim strFileSourcePath, strFileTargetPath, objSource, objTarget, objInput, objOutput, strLine, objShell

Const ForReading = 1, ForWriting = 2

Set objShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")

' clear session

objShell.Run "cmd /c del /q c:\temp\test.new",0,true

WScript.Sleep 1000

strFileSourcePath = sourcePath

strFileTargetPath = "c:\temp\test.new"

Set objSource = CreateObject("scripting.filesystemobject")

Set objTarget = CreateObject("scripting.filesystemobject")

Set objInput = objSource.OpenTextFile(strFileSourcePath,ForReading,-1)

Set objOutput = objSource.OpenTextFile(strFileTargetPath,ForWriting,True,0)

Do While objInput.AtEndOfStream <> true

strLine = objInput.ReadLine

' look for this
if strLine = searchString then

' if found, do this
objOutput.WriteLine strLine

objOutput.WriteLine addText
else

' if not found, do this
objOutput.WriteLine strLine

end if

Loop

objInput.Close

objOutput.Close

' create updated text file
objShell.Run "cmd /c copy /y c:\temp\test.new " & chr(34) & sourcePath & chr(34),0,true

WScript.Sleep 1000

' clear session
objShell.Run "cmd /c del /q c:\temp\test.new",0,true

Set objSource = Nothing

Set objTarget = Nothing

Set strLine = Nothing

Set objInput = Nothing

Set objOutput = Nothing

end function

 

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