Re: File contents
On Mon, May 06, 2002 at 08:39:02PM +1000, Craig Sanders [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote a message of 32 lines which said: perl is the ideal tool to do this. troll No, you should use Python. /troll -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: File contents
On Tue, May 07, 2002 at 06:21:18PM +1000, Craig Sanders [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote a message of 27 lines which said: does python have an edit-in-place command line option, like perl's -i? Unfortunately no, but you can easily write a script which will do the same. Here is an example, quick and dirty, but doing a part of the job of -i: #!/usr/bin/python import shutil import sys import re file = sys.argv[1] backup = file + '.bak' pattern = re.compile (sys.argv[2]) replacement = sys.argv[3] shutil.copyfile (file, backup) backup_h = open (backup, r) file_h = open (file, w) line = backup_h.readline() while line: line = pattern.sub (replacement, line) file_h.write (line) line = backup_h.read() file_h.close () backup_h.close () -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: File contents
On Tue, 7 May 2002, Stephane Bortzmeyer wrote: perl is the ideal tool to do this. troll No, you should use Python. /troll Ah, but using which editor? ;-) -- Martin Wheeler [EMAIL PROTECTED] gpg key 01269BEB @ the.earth.li -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
File contents
Hi Fellows Could someone help with changing file contents in a specific directory with a number of files. I used greg to extract the criteria but need something to change it. Thanks ..Craig :) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: File contents
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Re: File contents
On Mon, May 06, 2002 at 12:32:17PM +0200, Craig wrote: Could someone help with changing file contents in a specific directory with a number of files. I used greg to extract the criteria but need something to change it. perl is the ideal tool to do this. in particular, see the perlrun man page for details about the -i option. e.g. perl -p -i.bak -e 's/foo/bar/g' * will change all occurences of foo to bar in all files in the current directory, first saving the original file(s) as .bak. the perl script can be as simple or as complex as you need it to be. it is perl. craig -- craig sanders [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fabricati Diem, PVNC. -- motto of the Ankh-Morpork City Watch -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: File contents
Craig [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Could someone help with changing file contents in a specific directory with a number of files. I used greg to extract the criteria but need something to change it. Greg should feel a bit abused... Poor guy. Or did you mean the program? greg - A tool testing framework. Scary... ;-) In addition to the other solutions mentioned in this list you can use rpl: rpl is a UN*X text replacement utility. It will replace strings with new strings in multiple text files. It can work recursively over directories and supports limiting the search to specific file suffixes. It's syntax is as simple as rpl oldstring newstring * but there are some advanced options available. Or you can use replace from mysql-server (OK, it is overkill to install mysql just for getting this tool but maybe you use it anyway). From the man page: replace - A utility program that is used by msql2mysql, but that has more general applicability as well. replace changes strings in place in files or on the standard input. Uses a finite state machine to match longer strings first. Can be used to swap strings. [x] ulf -- Hi! I'm a .signature virus! Copy me into your ~/.signature to help me spread! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
