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This function replaces specified patterns in a file with new values.

Usage

replace(path, new_path, replacements)

Arguments

path

A character string specifying the path to the file to be modified.

new_path

A character string specifying the path where the modified file will be saved.

replacements

A named character vector of patterns and their corresponding replacement values.

Value

The function writes the modified file to the specified location.

Examples

# Replace 'old' with 'new' in file.txt and save as new_file.txt
replace('file.txt', 'new_file.txt', c(old = 'new'))
#>              new_file.txt 
#>   "file.txt"        "new"