file1.read() works.
What do I do if I want line numbers ? I found this code : http://snippets.dzone.com/posts/show/1638 src = open('2.htm').read() pattern = '<P>([^<]+)<SUP>' # or anything else for m in re.finditer(pattern, src): start = m.start() lineno = src.count('\n', 0, start) + 1 offset = start - src.rfind('\n', 0, start) word = m.group(1) print "2.htm(%s,%s): %s" % (lineno, offset, word) Is there not a simpler way than this ? ppaarrkk 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-tp21111356p21118578.html Sent from the Python - tutor mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
