<file>
    <filename>rules.lua</filename>
  </file>

		["/rules"] = 
		{
			Permission = "core.rules",
			Handler = HandleRulesCommand,
			HelpString = " - Show rules",
		},

function HandleRulesCommand( Split, Player )
	ShowRulesTo( Player )
	return true
end

function LoadRules()

	local File = io.open( "rules.txt", "r" )

	-- Check if the file 'rules.txt' exists, else create it.
	if not File then
		CreateFile = io.open( "rules.txt", "w" )
		CreateFile:write("@6Server Rules")
		CreateFile:close()
	else
		File:close()
	end

	for line in io.lines( "rules.txt" ) do
		local TempMessage = line
		-- Do a for loop that goes to each char in the line.
		for I=1, string.len( TempMessage ) do
			-- If the char is a '@' then check if the next char represents a color.
			if string.sub( TempMessage, I, I ) == "@" then
				local Char = string.sub( TempMessage, I + 1, I + 1 )
				local Color = ReturnColorFromChar( TempMessage, Char )
				-- If the next char represented a color then put the color in the string.
				if Color ~= nil then
					TempMessage = string.gsub( TempMessage, "@" .. Char, Color )
				end
			end
		end
		-- Add the message to the list of messages.
		Messages[#Messages + 1] = TempMessage
	end

end

function ShowRulesTo( Player )
	for I=1, #Messages do
		Player:SendMessage(Messages[I])
	end
end

local Rules = {}  -- the container for the rules, empty array by default
local function ShowRulesTo(Player)
...
function HandleRulesCommand(...)  -- must be global because it's called from another file
...
function LoadRules(...)  -- must be global because it's called from another file.

local Rules = {}
function HandleRulesCommand( Split, Player )
	ShowRulesTo( Player )
	return true
end
function LoadRules()

	local Rules = io.open( "rules.txt", "r" )

	-- Check if the file 'rules.txt' exists, else create it.
	if not Rules then
		CreateRule = io.open( "rules.txt", "w" )
		CreateRule:write("@6It works!")
		CreateRule:close()
	else
		Rules:close()
	end
	
	for line in io.lines( "rules.txt" ) do
		local rools = line
		-- Do a for loop that goes to each char in the line.
		for I=1, string.len( rools ) do
			-- If the char is a '@' then check if the next char represents a color.
			if string.sub( rools, I, I ) == "@" then
				local Char = string.sub( rools, I + 1, I + 1 )
				local Color = ReturnColorFromChar( rools, Char )
				-- If the next char represented a color then put the color in the string.
				if Color ~= nil then
					rools = string.gsub( rools, "@" .. Char, Color )
				end
			end
		end
		-- Add the message to the list of messages.
		Messages[#Messages + 1] = rools
	end

end

function ShowRulesTo( Player )
	for I=1, #Messages do
		Player:SendMessage(Messages[I])
	end
end