RE: Replace string in file

[Guy Catz]

Thanks for the answer.

I need to replace @token@ with <aa><bb></bb></aa>.
But the ANT engine tells me that I can't use '<' or '>'.

Please advice.

Thanks. 

-----Original Message-----
From: David Weintraub [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2008 8:27 PM
To: Ant Users List
Subject: Re: Replace string in file

What type of replacement? You can do a filter on strings like @VERSION@,
@DATE@, @FOO@, or whatever you want via filtersets and mappers when you
copy. For example, I have some configuration files.
They're called *.properties.template, and I replace the @xxx@ strings
with values from a deploy.properties file and remove the *.template
suffix. The filterset replaces the @xxx@ tokens with the correct values
while the mapper renames the file by removing the *.template
suffix:

        <!-- Copy the configuration files that don't contain tokens -->
        <copy todir="${local.jboss.home}/server/${jboss.instance}"
            verbose="${copy.verbose.flag}">
            <fileset dir="${jboss.install.home}/jbdev1">
                <exclude name="**/*.template"/>
            </fileset>
        </copy>

        <!-- Copy the configurable files and replace any tokens -->
        <copy todir="${local.jboss.home}/server/${jboss.instance}"
            overwrite="true"
            verbose="${copy.verbose.flag}">
            <fileset dir="${jboss.install.home}/jbdev1">
                <include name="**/*.template"/>
            </fileset>
            <mapper type="glob"
                from="*.template" to="*"/>
            <filterset begintoken="@" endtoken="@">
                <filter token="path_to_server_dir"
 
value="${local.jboss.home}/server/${jboss.instance}"/>
                <filtersfile file="${deploy.properties.file}"/>
            </filterset>
        </copy>

Is this what you're looking for?

On Mon, May 12, 2008 at 9:18 AM, Guy Catz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> hey guys,
>
>  Is it possible to replace a string in an existing file?
>
>  Thanks,
>     Guy.
>



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