How to modify the file on the fly while copying from one location to other in gradle

Question

I want to modify the contents of file while making the .jar out of it. To do so i am trying to modify the "processResources" task like below -

processResources{
    println 'process resources..'
    from('./dist'){
        into('static')
    }

}

Here i have some html files under "dist" folder which I want to modify while copying it into .jar I have copied the file but didn't get any solution to modify the file while copying.

This is spring boot project along with gradle build tool.

Any help much appreciated!!

Answer 1

Found the nice documentation which covers the file operations in gradle in great details- https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/gradle-beyond-the/9781449373801/ch01.html

the solution to my problem is like this >>

processResources{
    println 'process resources..'
    from('./dist'){

        into('static')

        filter{
            line -> line.replace("old-string","new-string")
             }
    }

}