Update property value in file and retaining format.

[Nehal Patel]

Hello,
Having an problem updating the value of in a property file and
retaining the format.  For example i have the following
stuff.properties:
test1  <tab> <tab> <tab> =aaa
test2  <tab> <tab> <tab> =bbb
test3  <tab> <tab> <tab> =ccc


I run the following:
        <target name="update-stuff-properties">
                <replaceregexp file="stuff.properties"
                        match="^[ \t]*test2[ \t]*=.*$"
                        replace="test2=zzzzzzzz"
                        byline="true"
                />
        </target>


I get the following:
test1  <tab> <tab> <tab> =aaa
test2=zzzzzzzz
test3  <tab> <tab> <tab> =ccc


I must be missing something on how to retain the "  <tab> <tab> <tab>
" which proceed the "=".

Thanks.

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