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| -rw-r--r-- | lib/fs.lua | 15 |
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 1 deletions
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ function read_file_as_array ( path ) local f = {} for line in file:lines() do table.insert ( f , line ) + --sometimes you will see it like f[#f+1] = line end file:close() return f @@ -72,6 +73,18 @@ end -- returns a table to iterate over without the blank or commented lines return lines end + +--will search and replace through the whole of the file and return a table + +function search_replace (path , find, replace) +local f = fs.read_file_as_array(path) +local lines = {} +for a,b in ipairs(f) do +local c = string.gsub(b, find, replace) +lines[#lines + 1] = c end +return lines +end + -- write a string to a file !! MM-will replace file contents @@ -83,7 +96,7 @@ function write_file ( path, str ) end end --- this could do more than a line +-- this could do more than a line. This will append -- fs.write_line_file ("filename", "Line1 \nLines2 \nLines3") function write_line_file ( path, str ) |