1 files changed, 30 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/libnetdata/libnetdata.c b/libnetdata/libnetdata.c
index 6ccb61ede..eb6fce74f 100644
--- a/libnetdata/libnetdata.c
+++ b/libnetdata/libnetdata.c
@@ -1492,3 +1492,33 @@ char *read_by_filename(char *filename, long *file_size)
         *file_size = size;
     return contents;
 }
+
+char *find_and_replace(const char *src, const char *find, const char *replace, const char *where)
+{
+    size_t size = strlen(src) + 1;
+    size_t find_len = strlen(find);
+    size_t repl_len = strlen(replace);
+    char *value, *dst;
+
+    if (likely(where))
+        size += (repl_len - find_len);
+
+    value = mallocz(size);
+    dst = value;
+
+    if (likely(where)) {
+        size_t count = where - src;
+
+        memmove(dst, src, count);
+        src += count;
+        dst += count;
+
+        memmove(dst, replace, repl_len);
+        src += find_len;
+        dst += repl_len;
+    }
+
+    strcpy(dst, src);
+
+    return value;
+}