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- Nested Binary Sort
- Offset beyond binary EOD
- Parsing Dilemma
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- Search and Replace Another Example
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- Splitting Registry Binary Entry for Writing to INI File
- System Ini writing multiple device lines to
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- Use Binary Functions to Edit INI Files
- Use BinaryRead Like FileRead
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Search and Replace Text Strings
Keywords: BinaryPeekStr
Question:
How would I do a search and replace text string to a file?I know BinaryPokeStr can add a new line to a file, though I can't figure how replace a text string with a new string. ie., testfile.txt contains:
the dog is green the dog is blue the dog is blue the dog is red the dog is redHow would I replace all "the dog is red" lines with the "dog is red"? (exclude the "the" in the sentence?)
Answer:
;=========Modify these variables as needed==============
infind="the dog is red"
outReplace="dog is red"
infilename="C:\Temp\testfile.txt"
outfilename="C:\Temp\testfileout.txt"
;==================================================================
if fileexist(infilename)==0
message("Oh No!","File %infilename% doesn't exist")
exit
endif
insize=FileSize(infilename)
inbuffer= BinaryAlloc(insize)
BinaryRead(inbuffer, infilename)
BinaryReplace(inbuffer, infind, outReplace, @FALSE)
BinaryWrite(inbuffer,outfilename)
BinaryFree(inbuffer)
;==================================================================
Example of how to Replace CRLFs with LFs:
;=========Modify these variables as needed==============
infind=@crlf
outReplace=@lf
infilename="C:\Temp\testfile.txt"
outfilename="C:\Temp\testfileout.txt"
;==================================================================
if fileexist(infilename)==0
message("Opps","File %infind% doesn't exist")
exit
endif
insize=FileSize(infilename)
inbuffer= BinaryAlloc(insize)
BinaryRead(inbuffer, infilename)
BinaryReplace(inbuffer, infind, outReplace, @FALSE)
BinaryWrite(inbuffer,outfilename)
BinaryFree(inbuffer)
Article ID: W12734
Filename: Search and Replace Another Example.txt
File Created: 2018:09:09:09:28:12
Last Updated: 2018:09:09:09:28:12