Find text file inside folder and replace string in it

[boqsc]

So there it goes, i have no idea why i can't make it quick. I tried to do it many times before.
All i need is simple script witch looks for file in the same folder as executable, and if it finds it - change some words in it:

The file continent looks like that:

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Name = BoQsc
Name = Fenix
Name = Filly
Name = Fufy
...

I need to change it to:

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Name = none
Name = none
Name = none
Name = none
...

[Simon]

Hi boqsc,

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put "name = none" & cr & "name = none" & cr & "name = none" & cr & "name = none" into url(file:myTxtFile.txt)

More fun stuff.

Simon
Edit; too early in the morning

[Klaus]

Hi boqsc,

do you know the name of the file?
If yes, you can do something like this (out of my head!):

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## Get the name of the folder the standalone is in:
put the effective filename of this stack into tFile
set itemdel to "/"

## Create path to your text file:
put "the_name_of_the_textfile.txt" into item -1 of tFile

## Check if file is present, if yes, put its content into a variable
## and do your processing. Then write the file back to disk.
if there is a file tFile then
  put url("file:" & tFile) into tVarWithFile
  ## Do what must be done with the content...
  ## Do you know how to carry on?
  ## Drop a line if not!
  ## ...

  ## finally write the content back to file
  put tVarWithFile into url("file:" & tFile)
end if...

BEWARE!
Not all users have write permissions in the OS application folder,
in case your standalone has been installed/copied to that folder!


Best

Klaus