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Need FilterReader for replacing RegExp

           Summary: Need FilterReader for replacing RegExp
           Product: Ant
           Version: 1.6Alpha (nightly)
          Platform: Other
        OS/Version: Other
            Status: NEW
          Severity: Enhancement
          Priority: Other
         Component: Core tasks
        AssignedTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
        ReportedBy: [EMAIL PROTECTED]


A basic functionality missing on the filters is a way to match a regular
expression and replace on output based on matching content.
This is a thing we can do with file names mappers but not with filter readers.

<replaceRegExp>
  <regexp pattern="\(.*\)-start" />
  <replace value="&amp;1"/>
</replaceRegExp>