Write a C Program Delete Line from text File using File Handling

Below is the source code for C Program Delete Line from text File using File Handling which is successfully compiled and run on Windows System to produce desired output as shown below :

SOURCE CODE : :

/*  C Program Delete Line from text File using File Handling  */

#include <stdio.h>

int main()
{
    FILE *fileptr1, *fileptr2;
    char filename[40];
    char ch;
    int delete_line, temp = 1;

    printf("Enter file name: ");
    scanf("%s", filename);
    //open file in read mode
    fileptr1 = fopen(filename, "r");
    ch = getc(fileptr1);
    while (ch != EOF)
    {
        printf("%c", ch);
        ch = getc(fileptr1);
    }
    //rewind
    rewind(fileptr1);
    printf(" \n\n Enter line number of the line to be deleted:");
    scanf("%d", &delete_line);
    //open new file in write mode
    fileptr2 = fopen("C:\\Users\\acer\\Documents\\file5.txt", "w");
    ch = getc(fileptr1);
    while (ch != EOF)
    {
        ch = getc(fileptr1);
        if (ch == '\n')
            temp++;
            //except the line to be deleted
            if (temp != delete_line)
            {
                //copy all lines in file replica.c
                putc(ch, fileptr2);
            }
    }
    fclose(fileptr1);
    fclose(fileptr2);
    remove(filename);
    //rename the file replica.c to original name
    rename("C:\\Users\\acer\\Documents\\file5.txt", filename);
    printf("\n The contents of file after being modified are as follows:\n");
    fileptr1 = fopen(filename, "r");
    ch = getc(fileptr1);
    while (ch != EOF)
    {
        printf("%c", ch);
        ch = getc(fileptr1);
    }
    fclose(fileptr1);
    return 0;
}

OUTPUT : :

Enter file name: C:\\Users\\acer\\Documents\\file4.txt

 Write a C Program
Delete Line from text File
using File Handling.
Here's simple Program Delete Line
in C Programming Language.
Below is the source code for
C Program Delete Line from text File
using File Handling which is successfully
compiled and run on Windows System to
produce desired output as shown below :


 Enter line number of the line to be deleted:6

 The contents of file after being modified are as follows:

Write a C Program
Delete Line from text File
using File Handling.
Here's simple Program Delete Line
in C Programming Language.
C Program Delete Line from text File
using File Handling which is successfully
compiled and run on Windows System to
produce desired output as shown below :

Above is the source code for C Program Delete Line from text File using File Handling which is successfully compiled and run on Windows System.The Output of the program is shown above .