Find a line in a file and remove it

Question

I\'m looking for a small code snippet that will find a line in file and remove that line (not content but line) but could not find. So for example I have in a file following

Answer 1

I refactored the solution that Narek had to create (according to me) a slightly more efficient and easy to understand code. I used embedded Automatic Resource Management, a recent feature in Java and used a Scanner class which according to me is more easier to understand and use.

Here is the code with edited Comments:

public class RemoveLineInFile {

    private static File file;

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        //create a new File
        file = new File("hello.txt");
        //takes in String that you want to get rid off
        removeLineFromFile("Hello");
    }


    public static void removeLineFromFile(String lineToRemove) {


        //if file does not exist, a file is created

            if (!file.exists()) {
                try {
                    file.createNewFile();
                } catch (IOException e) {
                    System.out.println("File "+file.getName()+" not created successfully");
                }
            }

            // Construct the new temporary file that will later be renamed to the original
            // filename.
            File tempFile = new File(file.getAbsolutePath() + ".tmp");

           //Two Embedded Automatic Resource Managers used
            // to effectivey handle IO Responses
          try(Scanner scanner = new Scanner(file)) {
              try (PrintWriter pw = new PrintWriter(new FileWriter(tempFile))) {

                  //a declaration of a String Line Which Will Be assigned Later
                  String line;

                  // Read from the original file and write to the new
                  // unless content matches data to be removed.
                  while (scanner.hasNextLine()) {
                      line = scanner.nextLine();
                      if (!line.trim().equals(lineToRemove)) {

                          pw.println(line);
                          pw.flush();
                      }
                  }
                  // Delete the original file
                  if (!file.delete()) {
                      System.out.println("Could not delete file");
                      return;
                  }

                  // Rename the new file to the filename the original file had.
                  if (!tempFile.renameTo(file))
                      System.out.println("Could not rename file");
              }
          }
        catch (IOException e)
        {
            System.out.println("IO Exception Occurred");
        }

    }



}