CODEWITHSUNDEEP
c#
62071072SP
62071072SP

Reputation: 1935

Delete Lines in a textfile

Hi I have a text file with table schema and data when user checks not schema required then i need to delete schema and leave the data . I am using StreamReader to read the file and checking one condition and it should delete all the lines in the file till it satisfies my condition . Let say if i am checking 

  using (StreamReader tsr = new StreamReader(targetFilePath))
        {
            do
            {
                string textLine = tsr.ReadLine() + "\r\n";

                {
                    if (textLine.StartsWith("INSERT INTO"))
                    {

                         // It should leave these lines 
                        // and no need to delete lines 
                    }

                    else
                    {
                      // it should delete the lines 
                    }

                }
            }
            while (tsr.Peek() != -1);
            tsr.Close();

Please suggest me how to delete lines and note if textline finds "InsertInto" it should not delete any content from there .

Upvotes: 0

Views: 173

Answers (3)

Steve B
Steve B

Reputation: 37710

Use a second file where to put only required lines, and, at the end of the process, remove original file and rename new one to target file.

using (StreamReader tsr = new StreamReader(targetFilePath))
{
    using (StreamWriter tsw = File.CreateText(targetFilePath+"_temp"))
    {
         string currentLine;
         while((currentLine = tsr.ReadLine()) != null)
         {
             if(currentLine.StartsWith("A long time ago, in a far far away galaxy ..."))
             {
                    tsw.WriteLine(currentLine);
             }
         }
    }
}
File.Delete(targetFilePath);
File.Move(targetFilePath+"_temp",targetFilePath);

Upvotes: 6

user725913
user725913

Reputation:

You read in the file just the same way you were doing. However, if the line doesn't contain what you are looking for, you simply skip it. In the end, whatever data you are left over with you then write to a new text file.

            private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        StringBuilder newText = new StringBuilder();
        using (StreamReader tsr = new StreamReader(targetFilePath))
        {
            do
            {
                string textLine = tsr.ReadLine() + "\r\n";

                {
                    if (textLine.StartsWith("INSERT INTO"))
                    {

                        newText.Append(textLine + Environment.NewLine);
                    }

                }
            }
            while (tsr.Peek() != -1);
            tsr.Close();
        }

        System.IO.TextWriter w = new System.IO.StreamWriter(@"C:\newFile.txt");
        w.Write(newText.ToString());
        w.Flush();
        w.Close();
    }

Upvotes: 1

BrokenGlass
BrokenGlass

Reputation: 160992

You could use Linq:

File.WriteAllLines(targetFilePath, File.ReadAllLines(targetFilePath).Where(x => x.StartsWith("INSERT INTO")));

Upvotes: 4

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