You could use <antcontrib:propertyregex> for manipulating properties.
Another approach is manipulating the property file with <ant:replaceregexp> BEFORE loading them. Jan > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: Ognjen Blagojevic [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Gesendet: Dienstag, 27. November 2007 13:55 > An: Ant Users List > Betreff: Search and replace in property > > Hi all, > > I need tho read the properties from the file, and then to do a string > replacement in their values. > > Something like this: > > 1. read_properties > 2. do_something_with_properties > 3. replace_in_property('&', '&') > 4. do_someting_else_with_escaped_properties > > How can I do the step 3? > > > The only solution I came up with is to use ReplaceRegExp > task, and write > escaped properties to another file, and then, reread them. Is there > anything smarter than that? Something that avoids creation of > another file? > > Regards, > Ognjen > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]