programming-examples/c/Data_Input_Output/C Program Delete a specific Line from a Text File.c

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/*
* C Program Delete a specific Line from a Text File
*/
#include <stdio.h>
int main()
{
FILE *fileptr1, *fileptr2;
char filename[40];
char ch;
int delete_line, temp = 1;
printf("Enter file name: ");
scanf("%s", filename);
//open file in read mode
fileptr1 = fopen(filename, "r");
ch = getc(fileptr1);
` while (ch != EOF)
{
printf("%c", ch);
ch = getc(fileptr1);
}
//rewind
rewind(fileptr1);
printf(" \n Enter line number of the line to be deleted:");
scanf("%d", &delete_line);
//open new file in write mode
fileptr2 = fopen("replica.c", "w");
ch = getc(fileptr1);
while (ch != EOF)
{
ch = getc(fileptr1);
if (ch == '\n')
temp++;
//except the line to be deleted
if (temp != delete_line)
{
//copy all lines in file replica.c
putc(ch, fileptr2);
}
}
fclose(fileptr1);
fclose(fileptr2);
remove(filename);
//rename the file replica.c to original name
rename("replica.c", filename);
printf("\n The contents of file after being modified are as follows:\n");
fileptr1 = fopen(filename, "r");
ch = getc(fileptr1);
while (ch != EOF)
{
printf("%c", ch);
ch = getc(fileptr1);
}
fclose(fileptr1);
return 0;
}