How to replace specific word in specific line with condition

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hi,
I have a text file like this :

CHECK_CONFIG = 0$
LANGUAGE = en$
SERVER = localhost$
SERVERM = localhost$

I need to replace "localhost" in SERVER = localhost$ with any value...

What I have tried:

I tried to write this code

C#

public static string readConfTextStartWith(string path, string startsWith)
        {
            string Value = "";
            foreach (var line in File.ReadLines(path))
            {
                if (line.StartsWith(startsWith))
                {
                    string str = line.Split('=')[1].Trim();
                    Value = Convert.ToString(str.Substring(0, str.Length - (str.Length - str.LastIndexOf('$'))));
                }
            }
            return Value;
        }
        public static void replaceText(string path, string startsWith, string replacement)
        {
            string word =  readConfTextStartWith(path, startsWith);
            using (StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(path))
            {
                string line;
                while ((line = reader.ReadLine()) != null)
                {
                    if (line.StartsWith(startsWith))
                    {
                        line = line.Replace(word, replacement);
                        // here what i can't to do 
                        // i went to write one line but this code clear all text and add this line only 
                        File.WriteAllText(path, line);

                    }
                }
                reader.Close();
            }
        }

Functions.replaceText("configA.txt", "SERVER","localhost");

Posted 28-Jan-18 4:08am

Golden Basim

Updated 28-Jan-18 5:30am

PIEBALDconsult

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Richard MacCutchan 28-Jan-18 11:23am

You need to read all the lines into a List, modify the list and then write all the lines from the list. preferably into a new file. Also you do not need to call Convert.ToString on something that is already a string.

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OriginalGriff · Accepted Answer · 2018-01-28T05:30:00

Try a regex:

public static Regex regex = new Regex("(?<=SERVER\\s*=\\s*)localhost(?=\\$)",
    RegexOptions.Multiline
    | RegexOptions.Singleline
    | RegexOptions.CultureInvariant
    | RegexOptions.Compiled
    );
...
string inputText = File.ReadAllText(pathToFile);
string result = regex.Replace(inputText,"Hello world!");

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