How can I edit the content of .properties file?

Question

I am using Jenkins server with perforce. My build get stored in a local repo path in ".zip" format which contains all the file including (say) abc.properties. This file contains data:

#Thu Jun 09 12:13:14 MSD 2011
BuildType=dev
FrameworkBuild=200
ProductVersion=4.40.00
SoftwareFeatureID=34670101
BuildNumber=0
FrameworkVersion=2.47.00

In this abc.properties file BuildNumber = 0 is a default value(set in perforce). My old build system updates the BuildNumber value with current build number in the zip file.

How can I achieve the same in Jenkins.

Thanks in advance.

score 10 · Answer 1 · edited Jun 27 '16 at 18:35

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Add a post build step. This assumes you are running Unix and have sed on the path.

sed -i -e '/BuildNumber =/ s/= .*/= "$BUILD_NUMBER";/' abc.properties

Also, I could not disagree more with the selected answer. Jenkins is a build tool.

Jenkins focuses on the following two jobs: Building/testing software projects continuously https://wiki.jenkins-ci.org/display/JENKINS/Meet+Jenkins

edited Jun 27 '16 at 18:35

doublesharp

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answered Apr 16 '14 at 16:02

John Moses

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 14 '13 at 13:33

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I am not sure what kind of build do you run. If you have a maven or ant project, these two frameworks will update the property file if you ask them to.

answered Nov 14 '13 at 13:33

Peter Schuetze

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My project is a freestyle project. Is maven configurable with it?? – vicky Nov 15 '13 at 15:54

MariuszS · Accepted Answer · 2013-11-14T13:43:01.820

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Use maven or gradle for this, jenkins is not a build tool.

edited Nov 14 '13 at 13:43

answered Nov 14 '13 at 13:34

MariuszS

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Can I achieve this through "Execute Windows Batch File" in build environment. If it so. How? Please help – vicky Nov 18 '13 at 06:08

How can I edit the content of .properties file?

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