chef

https://github.com/opscode/chef

Ruby

A systems integration framework, built to bring the benefits of configuration management to your entire infrastructure.

Chef::Util::FileEdit#search_file_replace_line

search the file line by line and match each line with the given regex
if matched, replace the whole line with newline.

Source | Google | Stack overflow

Edit

git clone [email protected]:opscode/chef.git
cd chef
open lib/chef/util/file_edit.rb

Contribute

# Make a new branch
git checkout -b -your-name--update-docs-Chef--Util--FileEdit-search_file_replace_line-for-pr

# Commit to git
git add lib/chef/util/file_edit.rbgit commit -m "better docs for Chef::Util::FileEdit#search_file_replace_line"

# Open pull request
gem install hub # on a mac you can `brew install hub`
hub fork
git push <your name> -your-name--update-docs-Chef--Util--FileEdit-search_file_replace_line-for-pr
hub pull-request

# Celebrate!