FileUpdate Class

MSBuild

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Replace text in file(s) using a Regular Expression.

Namespace: MSBuild.Community.Tasks
Assembly: MSBuild.Community.Tasks (in MSBuild.Community.Tasks.dll)

Syntax

Visual Basic (Declaration)
Public Class FileUpdate Inherits Task

C#
public class FileUpdate : Task

C++
ref class FileUpdate : Task

J#
public class FileUpdate extends Task

JScript
public class FileUpdate extends Task

Example

Search for a version number and update the revision.

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<FileUpdate Files="version.txt" Regex="(\d+)\.(\d+)\.(\d+)\.(\d+)" ReplacementText="$1.$2.$3.123" />

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
Microsoft.Build.Utilities.Task
MSBuild.Community.Tasks.FileUpdate

Thread Safety

Public static (Shared in Visual Basic)staticShared members of this type are safe for multithreaded operations. Instance members are not guaranteed to be thread-safe.