C Program to Replace a Specific Line in a Text File

This C Program replace a specified line in a text file.

Here is source code of the C Program to replace a specified line in a text file. The C program is successfully compiled and run on a Linux system. The program output is also shown below.

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/*
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 * C Program to Replace a specified Line in a Text File

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#include <stdio.h>
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int main(void)
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{
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    FILE *fileptr1, *fileptr2;
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    char filechar[40];
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    char c;
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    int delete_line, temp = 1;
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    printf("Enter file name: ");
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    scanf("%s", filechar);
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    fileptr1 = fopen(filechar, "r");
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    c = getc(fileptr1);
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    //print the contents of file .
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    while (c != EOF)
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    {
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        printf("%c", c);
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        c = getc(fileptr1);
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    }
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    printf(" \n Enter line number to be deleted and replaced");

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    scanf("%d", &delete_line);
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    //take fileptr1 to start point.
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    rewind(fileptr1);
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    //open replica.c in write mode
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    fileptr2 = fopen("replica.c", "w");
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    c = getc(fileptr1);
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    while (c != EOF)
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    {
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        if (c == 'n')
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        {
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            temp++;
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        }
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        //till the line to be deleted comes,copy the content to other

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        if (temp != delete_line)
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        {
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            putc(c, fileptr2);
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        }
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        else
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        {
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            while ((c = getc(fileptr1)) != 'n')

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            {
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            }
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            //read and skip the line ask for new text

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            printf("Enter new text");
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            //flush the input stream
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            fflush(stdin);
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            putc('n', fileptr2);
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            //put 'n' in new file
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            while ((c = getchar()) != 'n')

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                putc(c, fileptr2);
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            //take the data from user and place it in new file

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            fputs("n", fileptr2);
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            temp++;
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        }
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        //continue this till EOF is encountered

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        c = getc(fileptr1);
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    }
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    fclose(fileptr1);
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    fclose(fileptr2);
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    remove(filechar);
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    rename("replica.c", filechar);
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    fileptr1 = fopen(filechar, "r");
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    //reads the character from file
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    c = getc(fileptr1);
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    //until last character of file is encountered

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    while (c != EOF)
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    {
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        printf("%c", c);
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        //all characters are printed
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        c = getc(fileptr1);
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    }
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    fclose(fileptr1);
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    return 0;
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}
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$ cc pgm48.c
$ a.out
Enter file name: pgm3.c
/*
 * C Program to Convert Octal to Decimal
 */
 
#include <stdio.h>
#include <math.h>
 
int main()
{
 
    long int octal, decimal = 0;
    int i = 0;
 
    printf("Enter any octal number: ");
    scanf("%ld", &octal);
    while (octal != 0)
    {
        decimal =  decimal +(octal % 10)* pow(8, i++);
        octal = octal / 10;
    }
    printf("Equivalent decimal value: %ld",decimal);
    return 0;
}
 
Enter line number to be deleted and replaced 13 replaced
Enter new text
/*
 * C Program to Convert Octal to Decimal
 */
 
#include <stdio.h>
#include <math.h>
 
int main()
{
 
    long int octal, decimal = 0;
    int i = 0;
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    printf("Enter any octal number: ");
    scanf("%ld", &octal);
    while (octal != 0)
    {
        decimal =  decimal +(octal % 10)* pow(8, i++);
        octal = octal / 10;
    }
    printf("Equivalent decimal value: %ld",decimal);
    return 0;
}

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