I don't know how else to say it if what I said don't even make sense to others.

But let me try to give another example

Right now the list of lines in a file reads

Apple

Orange

Grape

SO, if I type grape in once, it says it doesn't exist according to the snippet on the first post.

It only works if I type grape in 3 times to get to the 3rd line, it's all in the same file

I don't want to type the same word 100 times to check all 100 lines before I get to the one I want*******

I want to type in only 1 word, reads every line, if it exist, then remove it and add to the other file.

I really hope this is more understandable.

In reply to Re^6: Practicing with files by Jabox
in thread Practicing with files by Jabox

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