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| using System; | |
| using System.Collections.Generic; | |
| using System.Diagnostics; | |
| using System.IO; | |
| namespace AlexaListTrim | |
| { | |
| public static class Program | |
| { | |
| static void Main() | |
| { | |
| var txtString = new List<string>(); | |
| var modTxtString = new List<string>(); | |
| if (File.Exists(@"c:\temp\text.txt")) | |
| { | |
| using (var sr = new StreamReader(@"c:\temp\text.txt")) | |
| { | |
| while (sr.Peek() >= 0) | |
| { | |
| txtString.Add(sr.ReadLine()); | |
| } | |
| } | |
| foreach (var food in txtString) | |
| { | |
| Console.WriteLine($@"Trimming: {food}"); | |
| if (food.Length <= 0 || (food.IndexOf(".", StringComparison.Ordinal) + 2).ToString() == string.Empty || | |
| !food.Contains(".")) continue; | |
| var newFood = food.Substring(food.IndexOf(".", StringComparison.Ordinal) + 2) + "\r\n"; | |
| modTxtString.Add(newFood); | |
| } | |
| using (var sw = new StreamWriter(@"c:\temp\out.txt")) | |
| { | |
| foreach (var food in modTxtString) | |
| { | |
| sw.Write(food); | |
| } | |
| } | |
| Console.WriteLine(@"All done! Press any key to start Notepad.exe"); | |
| Console.ReadKey(); | |
| File.Delete(@"c:\temp\text.txt"); | |
| Process.Start("Notepad.exe", @"c:\temp\out.txt"); | |
| } | |
| else | |
| { | |
| Console.WriteLine(@"Save text.txt to c:\temp before running!"); | |
| Console.WriteLine(@"Press any key to exit...."); | |
| Console.ReadKey(); | |
| } | |
| } | |
| } | |
| } |