Loadbuf

Loads the specified number of lines from the end of the file of filename into the specified window.

/loadbuf [lines] [-apirsglecNnomt<topic>] <window | dialog id> <filename>

Switches

-a	loads the text into the active window.
-p	forces lines of text to wrap when added to the window.
-i	makes sure that lines are indented if they wrap.
-r	clears the contents of the output window.
-s / -g	apply the command to the status and finger windows respectively.
-l	applies the command to the side-listbox in a custom window.
-e	evaluates variables and identifiers in the line being read.
-cN	specifies the default color for lines.
-n	logs the loaded text to a log file, if logging is enabled for that window.
-m	to be used with -n, indicates that the text is already timestamped.
-o	indicates that you have specified [dialog id] parameters instead of a window name in order to load text into a custom dialog control.
-t	loads the text under the [topic] section in an INI or plain text file.

Example

/loadbuf 20 @test info.txt

This loads the last 20 lines of info.txt into custom window @test.

/loadbuf 10-40 @test info.txt

This loads lines 10 to 40 of info.txt into custom window @test.

See Also

• /filter
• $read