I have looked at the property task as well - but I will not be able to
change the file format.
I used the following target to get "Test2"
<target name="getGroupValue">
<loadfile srcfile="${src.file}" property="text">
<filterchain>
<linecontains>
<contains value="Test2"/>
</linecontains>
</filterchain>
</loadfile>
<echo>${text}</echo>
</target>
Is there anyway to get back the line number where this is found - If I
can get back the line number - I could use the headfilter to get this
next line.
Thank you
Ajay Dharna
-----Original Message-----
From: Kevin Jackson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, February 22, 2007 1:59 AM
To: Ant Users List
Subject: Re: Using ant to parse text file
> [Sample.txt]
> Test1
> Group=red
>
> Test2
> Group=blue
>
> Test3
> Group=green
>
> Example:- If I was to provide the value "Test2", I would like the Ant
> to search for "Test2" in the file, and return the value "blue". If I
> provide the value - "Test3", it should return the value "green"
>
> Please let me know if there is any simple way of doing this using Ant.
Given that you don't seem to have any more data for each of the Tests
- why don't you just do
Test1=red
then you can use Ant's property task
Even if you are going to group things together you can still use
properties just separate the properties into separate files and then
when you provide Test2, Ant can then lookup the appropraitely names
Test2.properties and then load the values
Unless you want to do something else, I think you want the properties
task
Kev
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