Visual Basic read text file and delete files from that file - vb.net

I know how to tell my program how to read a file but I dont know how to use that information to delete some files from that text file.
Example;
I have a text file called ban.txt inside that file there are two lines with text abc.exe and cba.exe
I want my program to read content of ban.txt and the delete those specified files.

Assuming that you know how to read the file and find the file names, then just add this statement to a for-each:
My.Computer.FileSystem.DeleteFile(strFilename)
There are also options for displaying error messages and sending the file to the recycle bin.
My.Computer.FileSystem.DeleteFile("C:\Test.txt", FileIO.UIOption.AllDialogs, FileIO.RecycleOption.SendToRecycleBin)

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Write to file in uwp that has been drag-dropped from explorer

If file is dragged and dropped from file explorer it has FileAttributes.ReadOnly flag for StorageFile.Attributes parameter. In that case using StorageFile api to write to file will give error. How to write to file in this case??
In this case PathIO api can be used to write to file (unless file is a system file). Convert data to write into bytes array and then add following code to write to file:
await PathIO.WriteBytesAsync(file.Path, bytes);
This will write to these files without any error. You don't need any additional permission like broadFileSystemAccess for this.

While loop files in folder

I'm relatively new to Netlogo and already struggling ;)
I have the following problem: I want my program to open a folder, check a file in that folder and afterwards remove that file from that folder. I figured the best way to do this is via a while loop, but I'm struggling to find the right syntax. Hope you all can help!
The command 'file-open' will open a file using the path provided (the string after file-open: e.g. file-open "C:\Documents\model-out.txt" will open a file titled model-out.txt in the Documents folder on the C drive.)
You can then use 'file-read' or 'file-write' to read or write to the file respectively.
The command 'file-close' will close the file, which then can be deleted with 'file-delete'.
You can also check if a file exists in a folder using the command if file-exists? "C:\Documents\model-out.txt", and if true, the file can be deleted using file-delete.
Also check the command 'set-current-directory'.
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Delete Files Which MD5's listed In Text File - VB.net

I have a list of MD5 hash of files stored in a text file. And I want delete them all when it been found on system or a path. But I have problem to code it. I have tried to but it only scan one file from listed MD5 so its not what i needed. Is there any way to find them and deleted files which there MD5 hash's are listed in a path. Thanks.
pidgin pseudocode:
put md5s in array
cycle through a filesystem
for each file, put into varable, compute md5hash of variable
if md5hash is in array, delete file
maybe you should skip swap files and system folders.

In kettle use text file input read csv file from a tar.gz file but it didn't worked. Where it might be wrong?

I have a csv file that is tared and zipped. So I have test.tar.gz.
I would like, through text file input, read csv file.
I try this tar:gz:file://C:/test/test.tar.gz!/test.tar! use wildcard like ".*\.csv".
But it sometime can't read success.
It throws Exception
org.apache.commons.vfs.FileNotFolderException:
Could not list the contents of
"tar:gz:file:///C:/test/test.tar.gz!/test.tar!/"
because it is not a folder.
I use windows8.1, pdi 5.2
Where it might be wrong?
For a compressed file csv reading, "Text File Input" step in Pentaho Kettle only supports the first files inside the compressed folder(either in Zip/GZip file). Check the Pentaho Wiki in the compression section.
Now for your issue, try removing the wildcard entry since only the first file inside the zip/gzip file will be read. (as explained above)
I have placed a sample code containing both reading zip and gzip files. Check it here.
Hope it helps :)

load script from other file extension?

is it possible to load module from file with extension other than .lua?
require("grid.txt") results in:
module 'grid.txt' not found:
no field package.preload['grid.txt']
no file './grid/txt.lua'
no file '/usr/local/share/lua/5.1/grid/txt.lua'
no file '/usr/local/share/lua/5.1/grid/txt/init.lua'
no file '/usr/local/lib/lua/5.1/grid/txt.lua'
no file '/usr/local/lib/lua/5.1/grid/txt/init.lua'
no file './grid/txt.so'
no file '/usr/local/lib/lua/5.1/grid/txt.so'
no file '/usr/local/lib/lua/5.1/loadall.so'
no file './grid.so'
no file '/usr/local/lib/lua/5.1/grid.so'
no file '/usr/local/lib/lua/5.1/loadall.so'
I suspect that it's somehow possible to load the script into package.preaload['grid.txt'] (whatever that is) before calling require?
It depends on what you mean by load.
If you want to execute the code in a file named grid.txt in the current directory, then just do dofile"grid.txt". If grid.txt is in a different directory, give a path to it.
If you want to use the path search that require performs, then add a template for .txt in package.path, with the correct path and then do require"grid". Note the absence of suffix: require loads modules identified by names, not by paths.
If you want require("grid.txt") to work should someone try that then yes, you'll need to manually loadfile and run the script and put whatever it returns (or whatever require is documented to return when the module doesn't return anything) into package.loaded["grid.txt"].
Alternatively, you could write your own loader just for entries like this which you set into package.preload["grid.txt"] which finds and loads/runs the file or, more generically, you could write yourself a loader function, insert it into package.loaders, and then let it do its job whenever it sees a "*.txt" module come its way.