Editing a text file in place through C#

Question

I have a huge text file, size > 4GB and I want to replace some text in it programmatically. I know the line number at which I have to replace the text but the problem is tha

Answer 1

Unless the new text is exactly the same size as the old text, you will have to re-write the file. There is no way around it. You can at least do this without keeping the entire file in memory.