Вот пример кода, который это делает.
#include <string.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
char * replace(
char const * const original,
char const * const pattern,
char const * const replacement
) {
size_t const replen = strlen(replacement);
size_t const patlen = strlen(pattern);
size_t const orilen = strlen(original);
size_t patcnt = 0;
const char * oriptr;
const char * patloc;
// find how many times the pattern occurs in the original string
for (oriptr = original; patloc = strstr(oriptr, pattern); oriptr = patloc + patlen)
{
patcnt++;
}
{
// allocate memory for the new string
size_t const retlen = orilen + patcnt * (replen - patlen);
char * const returned = (char *) malloc( sizeof(char) * (retlen + 1) );
if (returned != NULL)
{
// copy the original string,
// replacing all the instances of the pattern
char * retptr = returned;
for (oriptr = original; patloc = strstr(oriptr, pattern); oriptr = patloc + patlen)
{
size_t const skplen = patloc - oriptr;
// copy the section until the occurence of the pattern
strncpy(retptr, oriptr, skplen);
retptr += skplen;
// copy the replacement
strncpy(retptr, replacement, replen);
retptr += replen;
}
// copy the rest of the string.
strcpy(retptr, oriptr);
}
return returned;
}
}
#include <stdio.h>
int main(int argc, char * argv[])
{
if (argc != 4)
{
fprintf(stderr,"usage: %s <original text> <pattern> <replacement>\n", argv[0]);
exit(-1);
}
else
{
char * const newstr = replace(argv[1], argv[2], argv[3]);
if (newstr)
{
printf("%s\n", newstr);
free(newstr);
}
else
{
fprintf(stderr,"allocation error\n");
exit(-2);
}
}
return 0;
}