Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject") 'change this line to wherever you want to read the input from. Set objTextFile = objFSO.OpenTextFile("c:\myBluecoatlog.log",1) Set objNewFile = objFSO.CreateTextFile("c:\myCleanBlueCoatlog.log") Do Until objTextFile.AtEndOfStream myString = objTextFile.Readline objNewFile.WriteLine(Replace (myString, " ", " ")) Loop 'end vbscript