well, my script is so simple ! nothing complicated
#!/usr/bin/python
#
import re, sys
a=open('/home/john/data/file_input.tmp', 'r')
b=open('/home/john/data/file_output', 'w')
aa=a.readlines()
n=0
for L in aa:
# I split every line because i only need what's after the ":"
# the email comes in the form "field : value" in 17 lines
La=L.split(':')
n=n+1
# 18 is the last line & it is an empty line that comes with every email
# so i quit there.
if n==18:
sys.exit()
# second line is a time value like this one "18:20:45"
# i don't need the ":" but i need the numbers
elif n==2:
# as usual i remove the \n & put a ; in its place and that happens
# at the third element
La3=re.sub('\n',';',La[3])
# i gather the time value also there is no need for : in between
La123=La[1]+La[2]+La3
b.write(La123)
# any other line is treated equaly like this
# i only replace \n by ;
else:
La1=re.sub('\n',';',La[1])
b.write(La1)
# a little secret : this little script helps me load data from mail to a
mysql database by converting it into ; separated values :)
On Tue, Apr 1, 2008 at 2:09 AM, Chris Fuller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> Every five lines of the raw email, the headers, or the body?
>
> A text file is just data. You can navigate however you like, but you need
> to
> choose a model, to give it some structure for you to work with,
> Navigating
> around at the byte level is probably going to be tedious, error prone, and
> not very useful anyway. Choosing five lines at a time is probably not
> going
> to be much better. There's no particular reason it can't be ten lines, or
> two, unless you pick a model that
>
> Maybe we could help more if you showed us what this "original script" is.
> We
> can help you pick a better model if the one implicit in your script isn't
> working for you.
>
> Also, you should probably reply to the mailing list.
> I'll be more careful about the reply-to field from now on.
>
> Cheers
>
>
> On Monday 31 March 2008 14:43, you wrote:
> > the mail module seems interesting. but what I was thinking of some way
> > that would work on only five lines then moves to the next five lines &
> so
> > on ... is that possible ? is there a way of navigating a text file ?
> > process the line that we want, maybe delete it or maybe add text to it
> &
> > then save & close the file ?
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Mar 28, 2008 at 1:08 PM, Chris Fuller
> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >
> > wrote:
> > > The email and mailbox modules might help you out. Multiple email
> > > messages will probably parse as an mbox format mailbox.
> > >
> > > http://docs.python.org/lib/module-email.html
> > > http://docs.python.org/lib/module-mailbox.html
> > >
> > > Cheers
> > >
> > > On Friday 28 March 2008 03:14, linuxian iandsd wrote:
> > > > good morning everybody !
> > > >
> > > > I have scripted a small program to parse a 5 lines email message as
> it
> > > > comes in to my inbox (this is handled by procmail & here is a
> wonderful
> > > > intro to it :
> http://linuxfocus.org/English/November1997/article8.html)
> > > >
> > > > so every email is being parsed & information is extracted from it.
> > > >
> > > > but sometimes two or more emails come in at once so the input file
> that
> > >
> > > my
> > >
> > > > python script has to parse is more than five lines !! my question is
> > > > how
> > >
> > > do
> > >
> > > > i effeciently manage this from within my original script.
> > > >
> > > > thanks
> > >
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