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i forgot, this might help you http://docs.python.org/tutorial/inputoutput.html#reading-and-writing-files I can't help wondering how to do this in python: perl -wnl -e '/string/ and print;' filename(s) Not that I want to forget the precious few bits of Perl I do know, but I'd rather be totally reliant on python for such tasks. On Sun, Dec 21, 2008 at 11:57 AM, Tiago Katcipis <katci...@inf.ufsc.br>wrote: > i believe that the following should work > > file1 = open(fileO, 'r') > re.findall ('some_text', file1.read()) > > readlines returns a list with lists inside, where every list is a line of > the text. The read function returns the entire file as one string, so it > should work to what you are wanting to do. > > best regards > > Katcipis > > > On Sun, Dec 21, 2008 at 12:02 AM, ppaarrkk <simon_...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > >> >> The following works : >> >> file1 = open (file0, "r") >> >> re.findall ( 'some_text', file1.readline() ) >> >> >> But this doesn't : >> >> re.findall ( 'some_text', file1.readlines() ) >> >> >> >> How do I use grep for a whole text file, not just a single string ? >> -- >> View this message in context: >> http://www.nabble.com/Equivalent-of-grep-in-python-tp21111356p21111356.html >> Sent from the Python - tutor mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org >> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor >> > > > > -- > "it might be a profitable thing to learn Java, but it has no intellectual > value whatsoever" Alexander Stepanov > -- "it might be a profitable thing to learn Java, but it has no intellectual value whatsoever" Alexander Stepanov _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor ----- End forwarded message ----- -- I fear you speak upon the rack, Where men enforced do speak anything. - William Shakespeare _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
