Is it possible to do text manipulation in csproj?

Question

I have the following in my .csproj:

<ItemGroup>
  <Content Include="Main.qml" CopyToPublishDirectory="Always" />
</ItemGroup>

I need to find & replace some text in Main.qml on the copy in the published directory. Is this possible?

Possibly related: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/7837644/how-to-replace-string-in-file-using-msbuild — heijp06, May 16 '19 at 06:25
Thanks! That's what I was looking for. Could you add it as an answer so I can accept it? — Vadim Peretokin, Jun 04 '19 at 04:12

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered May 16 '19 at 09:56

The MSBuild Extension Pack has a File class that accepts a TaskAction of Replace. This action can perform a Regex replace.

You would use it something like this:

<MSBuild.ExtensionPack.FileSystem.File TaskAction="Replace" RegexPattern="input*" Replacement="repl" Path="C:\$(ProjectDir)\$(PublishDir)\Main.qml"/>

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered May 16 '19 at 07:21

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<postBuild>
    <Exec command="cmd command to find and replace on file:$(OutputPath)\Main.qml"/>
</PostBuild>

answered May 16 '19 at 07:21

baruchiro

Sorry, I'm from the cell phone. Later I will elaborate more. – baruchiro May 16 '19 at 07:22
I'd like this to be cross-platform, so ideally something using the build tool rather than relying on binaries in the host system. – Vadim Peretokin May 16 '19 at 07:33

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