Nice, this was the solution! Frankly this is a bit more advanced that i know.
I don't know the following: What the "^" means. What the "$" means. What the "\1" means. Thanks. On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 4:38 AM, Emma Burrows <emma.burr...@rpharms.com>wrote: > You're replacing the entire "Test2<tab><tab>=" line with the string > "test2=xxxxx" which obviously doesn't contain the tab characters. > > You should probably investigate more sophisticated ways of preserving the > original tabs like > > match="^([ \t]*test2[ \t]*=)(.*)$" > replace="\1xxxxxxx" > > I haven't tested it but something like that should preserve "test2" and > all the tabs around it, while still replacing the bit you actually want to > change, which is whatever comes after the = sign. > > HTH! > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Nehal Patel [mailto:nehalhpatel...@gmail.com] > Sent: 13 January 2012 23:01 > To: user@ant.apache.org > Subject: Update property value in file and retaining format. > > 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. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@ant.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@ant.apache.org > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > This email has been scanned by the Symantec Email Security.cloud service. > For more information please visit http://www.symanteccloud.com > ______________________________________________________________________ > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@ant.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@ant.apache.org > >
