How to find and replace text in a file

Question

My code so far

StreamReader reading = File.OpenText("test.txt");
string str;
while ((str = reading.ReadLine())!=null)
{
      if (str.Contains("some text"))
      {
          StreamWriter write = new StreamWriter("test.txt");
      }
}

I know how to find the text, but I have no idea on how to replace the text in the file with my own.

Answer 1

Read all file content. Make a replacement with String.Replace. Write content back to file.

string text = File.ReadAllText("test.txt");
text = text.Replace("some text", "new value");
File.WriteAllText("test.txt", text);