<property file="test.properties"/>
<target name="do_replace">
<copy tofile="result_file.txt" file="template.txt"/>
<replace file="result_file.txt" token="_Replace_This_"
value="${foo}"/>
</target>
In test.properties file i have
foo=bar
template.txt contains
Hello World by _Replace_This_
After execution target do_replace
result_file.txt contains
Hello World by bar
- Jukka -
> -----Original Message-----
> From: arijit [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: 11. kesakuuta 2007 14:27
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: RE: creating files
>
>
>
> even if I load the property file, I can't see how I can read
> the key value
> pair from the property which is loaded and use it to replace
> the token with
> the read value... any sample code ?
>
> arijit wrote:
> >
> > thanks for that warning about <echo>.. didn't think about
> that... i might
> > have a Template BATCH file available to me and only use <replace> to
> > replace the token... This wil of course, mean that I will have to
> > manually make modifications to the template..
> >
> >
> > Rebhan, Gilbert wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: arijit [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >> Sent: Monday, June 11, 2007 12:01 PM
> >> To: [email protected]
> >> Subject: RE: creating files
> >>
> >> /*
> >> great.. I can now create batch files using <echo file....
> > and also use
> >> <echo message.... file.... > to add contents to the file.
> >> */
> >>
> >> also <echo>foobar</foobar> possible, message attribut not needed.
> >>
> >> But beware with echo, every blank and line feed gets written as you
> >> write
> >> it in <echo>, means if you don't want blanks on the left side, you
> >> should write
> >> starting at position 0
> >>
> >> /*
> >> is it possible to read data from some property file and
> then use it to
> >> generate the batch file ? In other words, batch file
> generated will have
> >> some information which is read from the property file and
> added to the
> >> batch
> >> file at runtime.
> >> */
> >>
> >> you may load a whole file as property or load a file that has
> >> propertyformat
> >> (key=value) ,see manual <property>, <loadfile>, <loadproperties>
> >>
> >>
> >> For more complicated file processing (with regular expressions ...)
> >> you should use <script> and a language running in BSF
> JRuby, Groovy
> >> or Javascript recommended.
> >>
> >> Regards, Gilbert
> >>
> >>
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