How Can I replace specific lines in a text file

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Ahmed Rageh
Ahmed Rageh 2017-9-22
评论： Munish Sikka 2019-11-30
I'm dealing with text files and I want to replace certain lines in the text. I do not know their location but I know the text in an above and a later line to those lines.
Example for that text
TABLE: "LINK PROPERTY DEFINITIONS 02 - LINEAR" Link="Rails Pinned" DOF=U1 Fixed=Yes Link="Rails Pinned" DOF=U2 Fixed=Yes
TABLE: "MASS SOURCE" MassSource=MSSSRC1 Elements=Yes Masses=Yes Loads=No IsDefault=Yes
TABLE: "MATERIAL PROPERTIES 04 - USER STRESS-STRAIN CURVES" Material="Timber Ties" Strain=-0.00078125 Stress=-1
I would like to replace the line/lines after TABLE: "MASS SOURCE" and before the following word TABLE: The word table repeats many times in the original text and because of that I need the following word TABLE: Is it possible?
Thank you
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Cedric
Cedric 2017-9-22
What do you want to replace? There are plenty of tools for doing this, but we need to know exactly what you need to achieve. The best is to give a slice of this file with a few occurrences of what you need to replace, and to give an example of output after replacement.
Ahmed Rageh
Ahmed Rageh 2017-9-22
编辑：Cedric 2017-9-22
An Example for the Original Text file
TABLE: "SECTION DESIGNER PROPERTIES 30 - FIBER GENERAL"
SectionName=BOT-LATERALS-L6*4*1/2 NumFibersD2=3 NumFibersD3=3 CoordSys=Cartesian GridAngle=0 LumpRebar=No FiberPMM=No FiberMC=No
SectionName=BOT-LATERALS-L6*4*3/8 NumFibersD2=3 NumFibersD3=3 CoordSys=Cartesian GridAngle=0 LumpRebar=No FiberPMM=No FiberMC=No
SectionName=BOT-LATERALS-L6*4*5/8 NumFibersD2=3 NumFibersD3=3 CoordSys=Cartesian GridAngle=0 LumpRebar=No FiberPMM=No FiberMC=No
SectionName=F-BEAM-END-SEC-1 NumFibersD2=3 NumFibersD3=3 CoordSys=Cartesian GridAngle=0 LumpRebar=No FiberPMM=No FiberMC=No
SectionName=F-BEAM-END-SEC-2 NumFibersD2=3 NumFibersD3=3 CoordSys=Cartesian GridAngle=0 LumpRebar=No FiberPMM=No FiberMC=No
SectionName=F-BEAM-END-SEC-3 NumFibersD2=3 NumFibersD3=3 CoordSys=Cartesian GridAngle=0 LumpRebar=No FiberPMM=No FiberMC=No
SectionName=F-BEAM-END-SEC-4 NumFibersD2=3 NumFibersD3=3 CoordSys=Cartesian GridAngle=0 LumpRebar=No FiberPMM=No FiberMC=No
SectionName=F-BEAM-INTERMEDIATE-SEC-1 NumFibersD2=3 NumFibersD3=3 CoordSys=Cartesian GridAngle=0 LumpRebar=No FiberPMM=No FiberMC=No
SectionName=F-BEAM-INTERMEDIATE-SEC-2 NumFibersD2=3 NumFibersD3=3 CoordSys=Cartesian GridAngle=0 LumpRebar=No FiberPMM=No FiberMC=No
SectionName=F-BEAM-INTERMEDIATE-SEC-3 NumFibersD2=3 NumFibersD3=3 CoordSys=Cartesian GridAngle=0 LumpRebar=No FiberPMM=No FiberMC=No
SectionName=F-BEAM-INTERMEDIATE-SEC-4 NumFibersD2=3 NumFibersD3=3 CoordSys=Cartesian GridAngle=0 LumpRebar=No FiberPMM=No FiberMC=No
SectionName=L0-L2 NumFibersD2=3 NumFibersD3=3 CoordSys=Cartesian GridAngle=0 LumpRebar=No FiberPMM=No FiberMC=No
SectionName=L0-U1 NumFibersD2=3 NumFibersD3=3 CoordSys=Cartesian GridAngle=0 LumpRebar=No FiberPMM=No FiberMC=No
SectionName=L1-U1 NumFibersD2=3 NumFibersD3=3 CoordSys=Cartesian GridAngle=0 LumpRebar=No FiberPMM=No FiberMC=No
SectionName=L2-L3 NumFibersD2=3 NumFibersD3=3 CoordSys=Cartesian GridAngle=0 LumpRebar=No FiberPMM=No FiberMC=No
SectionName=L2-U1 NumFibersD2=3 NumFibersD3=3 CoordSys=Cartesian GridAngle=0 LumpRebar=No FiberPMM=No FiberMC=No
SectionName=L2-U2 NumFibersD2=3 NumFibersD3=3 CoordSys=Cartesian GridAngle=0 LumpRebar=No FiberPMM=No FiberMC=No
SectionName=L2-U3 NumFibersD2=3 NumFibersD3=3 CoordSys=Cartesian GridAngle=0 LumpRebar=No FiberPMM=No FiberMC=No
SectionName=L3-U2 NumFibersD2=3 NumFibersD3=3 CoordSys=Cartesian GridAngle=0 LumpRebar=No FiberPMM=No FiberMC=No
SectionName=L3-U3 NumFibersD2=3 NumFibersD3=3 CoordSys=Cartesian GridAngle=0 LumpRebar=No FiberPMM=No FiberMC=No
SectionName=L4-U4 NumFibersD2=3 NumFibersD3=3 CoordSys=Cartesian GridAngle=0 LumpRebar=No FiberPMM=No FiberMC=No
SectionName=PORTAL-STRUT-2L6*4*1/2+PL.12*3/8 NumFibersD2=3 NumFibersD3=3 CoordSys=Cartesian GridAngle=0 LumpRebar=No FiberPMM=No FiberMC=No
SectionName=PORTAL-STRUT-KNEE-2L4*3.5*3/8 NumFibersD2=3 NumFibersD3=3 CoordSys=Cartesian GridAngle=0 LumpRebar=No FiberPMM=No FiberMC=No
SectionName=STRINGER NumFibersD2=3 NumFibersD3=3 CoordSys=Cartesian GridAngle=0 LumpRebar=No FiberPMM=No FiberMC=No
SectionName=STRINGER-REPLACED NumFibersD2=3 NumFibersD3=3 CoordSys=Cartesian GridAngle=0 LumpRebar=No FiberPMM=No FiberMC=No
SectionName=STR-LATERALS-L3*3*3/8 NumFibersD2=3 NumFibersD3=3 CoordSys=Cartesian GridAngle=0 LumpRebar=No FiberPMM=No FiberMC=No
SectionName=TOP-LATERALS-L3.5*3.5*3/8 NumFibersD2=3 NumFibersD3=3 CoordSys=Cartesian GridAngle=0 LumpRebar=No FiberPMM=No FiberMC=No
SectionName=TOP-STRUT-2L6*3.5*3/8 NumFibersD2=3 NumFibersD3=3 CoordSys=Cartesian GridAngle=0 LumpRebar=No FiberPMM=No FiberMC=No
SectionName=TOP-STRUT-KNEE-2L4*3*3/8 NumFibersD2=3 NumFibersD3=3 CoordSys=Cartesian GridAngle=0 LumpRebar=No FiberPMM=No FiberMC=No
SectionName=U1-U2 NumFibersD2=3 NumFibersD3=3 CoordSys=Cartesian GridAngle=0 LumpRebar=No FiberPMM=No FiberMC=No
SectionName=U2-U3 NumFibersD2=3 NumFibersD3=3 CoordSys=Cartesian GridAngle=0 LumpRebar=No FiberPMM=No FiberMC=No
TABLE: "SOLID PROPERTY DEFINITIONS"
SolidProp=Solid1 Material=4000Psi MatAngleA=0 MatAngleB=0 MatAngleC=0 InComp=Yes Color=Cyan
TABLE: "VEHICLES 2 - GENERAL VEHICLES 1 - GENERAL"
VehName=Train#1-WHL1 StayInLane=No
VehName=Train#1-WHL2 StayInLane=No
TABLE: "VEHICLES 3 - GENERAL VEHICLES 2 - LOADS"
VehName=Train#1-WHL1 LoadType="Fixed Length" UnifLoad=0 AxleLoad=34.62 MinDist=1
VehName=Train#1-WHL1 LoadType="Fixed Length" UnifLoad=0 AxleLoad=32.95 MinDist=77.76
VehName=Train#1-WHL1 LoadType="Fixed Length" UnifLoad=0 AxleLoad=34.35 MinDist=77.77
VehName=Train#1-WHL1 LoadType="Fixed Length" UnifLoad=0 AxleLoad=34.15 MinDist=389.74
TABLE: "VEHICLES 4 - VEHICLE CLASSES"
VehClass=Train#1-WHL1 VehName=Train#1-WHL1 ScaleFactor=1
VehClass=Train#1-WHL2 VehName=Train#1-WHL2 ScaleFactor=1
END TABLE DATA
And I wrote this text file using Matlab which I would like to move it to upper text file
TABLE: "VEHICLES 3 - GENERAL VEHICLES 2 - LOADS"
VehName="Train#1-WHL1" LoadType="Fixed Length" UnifLoad=0 AxleLoad=34.62
VehName="Train#1-WHL1" LoadType="Fixed Length" UnifLoad=0 AxleLoad=32.95 MinDist=77.76
VehName="Train#1-WHL1" LoadType="Fixed Length" UnifLoad=0 AxleLoad=34.35 MinDist=77.77
VehName="Train#1-WHL1" LoadType="Fixed Length" UnifLoad=0 AxleLoad=34.15 MinDist=389.74
VehName="Train#1-WHL1" LoadType="Fixed Length" UnifLoad=0 AxleLoad=36.15 MinDist=77.78
VehName="Train#1-WHL1" LoadType="Fixed Length" UnifLoad=0 AxleLoad=34.39 MinDist=77.79
VehName="Train#1-WHL1" LoadType="Fixed Length" UnifLoad=0 AxleLoad=6.37 MinDist=121.87
VehName="Train#1-WHL1" LoadType="Fixed Length" UnifLoad=0 AxleLoad=5.38 MinDist=69.15
VehName="Train#1-WHL1" LoadType="Fixed Length" UnifLoad=0 AxleLoad=5.14 MinDist=409.77
VehName="Train#1-WHL1" LoadType="Fixed Length" UnifLoad=0 AxleLoad=4.77 MinDist=69.17
VehName="Train#1-WHL1" LoadType="Fixed Length" UnifLoad=0 AxleLoad=5.08 MinDist=82.14
VehName="Train#1-WHL1" LoadType="Fixed Length" UnifLoad=0 AxleLoad=5.04 MinDist=68.31
VehName="Train#1-WHL1" LoadType="Fixed Length" UnifLoad=0 AxleLoad=5.44 MinDist=409.91
VehName="Train#1-WHL1" LoadType="Fixed Length" UnifLoad=0 AxleLoad=5.00 MinDist=68.32
VehName="Train#1-WHL1" LoadType="Fixed Length" UnifLoad=0 AxleLoad=5.14 MinDist=82.17
VehName="Train#1-WHL1" LoadType="Fixed Length" UnifLoad=0 AxleLoad=5.12 MinDist=68.33
VehName="Train#1-WHL1" LoadType="Fixed Length" UnifLoad=0 AxleLoad=5.36 MinDist=410.03
VehName="Train#1-WHL1" LoadType="Fixed Length" UnifLoad=0 AxleLoad=4.78 MinDist=68.34
VehName="Train#1-WHL1" LoadType="Fixed Length" UnifLoad=0 AxleLoad=5.42 MinDist=82.19
VehName="Train#1-WHL1" LoadType="Fixed Length" UnifLoad=0 AxleLoad=5.76 MinDist=69.22
VehName="Train#1-WHL1" LoadType="Fixed Length" UnifLoad=0 AxleLoad=5.63 MinDist=410.13
VehName="Train#1-WHL1" LoadType="Fixed Length" UnifLoad=0 AxleLoad=6.13 MinDist=68.36
VehName="Train#1-WHL1" LoadType="Fixed Length" UnifLoad=0 AxleLoad=5.05 MinDist=82.20
VehName="Train#1-WHL1" LoadType="Fixed Length" UnifLoad=0 AxleLoad=5.80 MinDist=68.36
VehName="Train#1-WHL1" LoadType="Fixed Length" UnifLoad=0 AxleLoad=5.53 MinDist=411.04
VehName="Train#1-WHL1" LoadType="Fixed Length" UnifLoad=0 AxleLoad=5.76 MinDist=69.23
VehName="Train#1-WHL1" LoadType="Fixed Length" UnifLoad=0 AxleLoad=5.07 MinDist=81.34
VehName="Train#1-WHL1" LoadType="Fixed Length" UnifLoad=0 AxleLoad=5.56 MinDist=68.36
VehName="Train#1-WHL1" LoadType="Fixed Length" UnifLoad=0 AxleLoad=5.33 MinDist=410.19
VehName="Train#1-WHL1" LoadType="Fixed Length" UnifLoad=0 AxleLoad=5.25 MinDist=69.23
VehName="Train#1-WHL1" LoadType="Fixed Length" UnifLoad=0 AxleLoad=4.99 MinDist=82.21
VehName="Train#1-WHL1" LoadType="Fixed Length" UnifLoad=0 AxleLoad=5.37 MinDist=68.36
VehName="Train#1-WHL1" LoadType="Fixed Length" UnifLoad=0 AxleLoad=5.28 MinDist=410.17
VehName="Train#1-WHL1" LoadType="Fixed Length" UnifLoad=0 AxleLoad=4.99 MinDist=68.36
VehName="Train#1-WHL1" LoadType="Fixed Length" UnifLoad=0 AxleLoad=5.97 MinDist=81.34
VehName="Train#1-WHL1" LoadType="Fixed Length" UnifLoad=0 AxleLoad=5.35 MinDist=68.36
VehName="Train#1-WHL1" LoadType="Fixed Length" UnifLoad=0 AxleLoad=5.79 MinDist=410.16
VehName="Train#1-WHL1" LoadType="Fixed Length" UnifLoad=0 AxleLoad=5.65 MinDist=68.36
VehName="Train#1-WHL1" LoadType="Fixed Length" UnifLoad=0 AxleLoad=4.62 MinDist=82.20
VehName="Train#1-WHL1" LoadType="Fixed Length" UnifLoad=0 AxleLoad=4.95 MinDist=68.36
VehName="Train#1-WHL1" LoadType="Fixed Length" UnifLoad=0 AxleLoad=5.51 MinDist=410.15
VehName="Train#1-WHL1" LoadType="Fixed Length" UnifLoad=0 AxleLoad=5.99 MinDist=68.36
VehName="Train#1-WHL1" LoadType="Fixed Length" UnifLoad=0 AxleLoad=5.57 MinDist=82.20
VehName="Train#1-WHL1" LoadType="Fixed Length" UnifLoad=0 AxleLoad=5.43 MinDist=69.22
VehName="Train#1-WHL1" LoadType="Fixed Length" UnifLoad=0 AxleLoad=5.69 MinDist=410.16
VehName="Train#1-WHL1" LoadType="Fixed Length" UnifLoad=0 AxleLoad=5.45 MinDist=69.23
VehName="Train#1-WHL1" LoadType="Fixed Length" UnifLoad=0 AxleLoad=5.49 MinDist=82.21
VehName="Train#1-WHL1" LoadType="Fixed Length" UnifLoad=0 AxleLoad=5.62 MinDist=68.36
VehName="Train#1-WHL1" LoadType="Fixed Length" UnifLoad=0 AxleLoad=5.65 MinDist=411.06
VehName="Train#1-WHL1" LoadType="Fixed Length" UnifLoad=0 AxleLoad=5.85 MinDist=69.23
VehName="Train#1-WHL2" LoadType="Fixed Length" UnifLoad=0 AxleLoad=33.28
VehName="Train#1-WHL2" LoadType="Fixed Length" UnifLoad=0 AxleLoad=34.93 MinDist=77.76
VehName="Train#1-WHL2" LoadType="Fixed Length" UnifLoad=0 AxleLoad=33.75 MinDist=77.77
VehName="Train#1-WHL2" LoadType="Fixed Length" UnifLoad=0 AxleLoad=32.75 MinDist=389.74
VehName="Train#1-WHL2" LoadType="Fixed Length" UnifLoad=0 AxleLoad=36.11 MinDist=77.78
VehName="Train#1-WHL2" LoadType="Fixed Length" UnifLoad=0 AxleLoad=32.46 MinDist=77.79
VehName="Train#1-WHL2" LoadType="Fixed Length" UnifLoad=0 AxleLoad=5.30 MinDist=121.87
VehName="Train#1-WHL2" LoadType="Fixed Length" UnifLoad=0 AxleLoad=4.75 MinDist=69.15
VehName="Train#1-WHL2" LoadType="Fixed Length" UnifLoad=0 AxleLoad=6.89 MinDist=409.77
VehName="Train#1-WHL2" LoadType="Fixed Length" UnifLoad=0 AxleLoad=6.87 MinDist=69.17
I would like to replace the three lines below the heading TABLE: "VEHICLES 3 - GENERAL VEHICLES 2 - LOADS" with the number of lines in the new text file

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Cedric
Cedric 2017-9-22
编辑：Cedric 2017-9-22
Here is an example, but we can be much more specific.
% - Read source.
content = fileread( 'myData.txt' ) ;
% - Update.
content = regexprep( content, 'TABLE:\s+"MASS SOURCE".*?(?=[\r\n]+TABLE)', 'Hello World' ) ;
% - Export update.
fId = fopen( 'myFile_updated.txt', 'w' ) ;
fwrite( fId, content ) ;
fclose( fId ) ;
where we use a regular expression for pattern matching. The call is
newContent = regexprep( oldContent, pattern, replacement ) ;
and the pattern matches a string
  • starting with the literal TABLE:
  • plus one or more + white space(s) \s
  • plus the literal "MASS SOURCE"
  • plus as few characters as possible .*? (lazy quantifier, when the greedy version .* means as many as possible)
  • and then followed by (but not replaced, it's a look forward (?=...) ) one or more carriage return or line feed |[\r
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Cedric 2017-9-22
Awesome! Please accept the answer if it helped.

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