"perl -p -i -e" trick in Python?

[Wonjae Lee]

I read the comment of
http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Coo.../Recipe/277753.
(Title : Find and replace string in all files in a directory)

"perl -p -i -e 's/change this/..to this/g'" trick looks handy.
Does Python have a similar trick? Or, is there a shorter Python recipe for
the given problem?

[Stephen Thorne]

Re: "perl -p -i -e" trick in Python?

On Wed, 16 Feb 2005 15:18:57 +0900, Wonjae Lee <shotgunlee@hot mail.com> wrote:[color=blue]
> I read the comment of
> http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Coo.../Recipe/277753.
> (Title : Find and replace string in all files in a directory)
>
> "perl -p -i -e 's/change this/..to this/g'" trick looks handy.
> Does Python have a similar trick? Or, is there a shorter Python recipe for
> the given problem?[/color]

sure.

python -c 'import os; os.system("sed -i s/change this/...tothis/g")'

Using-the-right-tool-for-the-job-ly-y'rs
Stephen

[Jack Diederich]

Re: &quot;perl -p -i -e&quot; trick in Python?

On Wed, Feb 16, 2005 at 04:38:03PM +1000, Stephen Thorne wrote:[color=blue]
> On Wed, 16 Feb 2005 15:18:57 +0900, Wonjae Lee <shotgunlee@hot mail.com> wrote:[color=green]
> > I read the comment of
> > http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Coo.../Recipe/277753.
> > (Title : Find and replace string in all files in a directory)
> >
> > "perl -p -i -e 's/change this/..to this/g'" trick looks handy.
> > Does Python have a similar trick? Or, is there a shorter Python recipe for
> > the given problem?[/color]
>
> sure.
>
> python -c 'import os; os.system("sed -i s/change this/...tothis/g")'[/color]

You beat me to it, but you can cut a few more characters out of that.

/tmp/> python
Python 2.3.4 (#2, Jan 5 2005, 08:24:51)
Type "help", "copyright" , "credits" or "license" for more information.[color=blue][color=green][color=darkred]
>>> ^D[/color][/color][/color]
/tmp/> sed -i 's/change this/...tothis/g'


-Jack

[Jeremy Bowers]

Re: &quot;perl -p -i -e&quot; trick in Python?

On Wed, 16 Feb 2005 15:18:57 +0900, Wonjae Lee wrote:
[color=blue]
> I read the comment of
> http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Coo.../Recipe/277753.
> (Title : Find and replace string in all files in a directory)
>
> "perl -p -i -e 's/change this/..to this/g'" trick looks handy.
> Does Python have a similar trick? Or, is there a shorter Python recipe for
> the given problem?[/color]

As a Python lover... I still tend to use "perl -pi -e", except in rare
cases where I either can't deal with or don't want to deal with the
necessary escaping, in which case I write a quick perl script like this
(just did this today):

#!/usr/bin/perl
$source = join "", <>;
$source =~ s/\"\"\".*?\"\ "\"[ \n]*//gs;
print $source;

While a Python-golf contest might be able to beat that (although,
truthfully, to match this feature for feature I'd be surprised... that <>
is a substantial whack of code to fully emulate and I use this both as a
pipe and by feeding it a long list of files as arguments), I still
couldn't have written it as quickly.

Upshot is, perl is good for something, and when I'm not doing the job I
have working with perl, I'll still reach for perl -pi -e without shame.
Well, actually, only with the shame that I really need to lookup the
command to save backups and start using it. ("man perlrun"... I know where
to find it, I just need to add it to muscle memory!) Much longer than this
though and I drop the perl and run away, if possible.

[Christos TZOTZIOY Georgiou]

Re: &quot;perl -p -i -e&quot; trick in Python?

On Wed, 16 Feb 2005 01:44:40 -0500, rumours say that Jack Diederich
<jack@performan cedrivers.com> might have written:
[color=blue]
>/tmp/> python
>Python 2.3.4 (#2, Jan 5 2005, 08:24:51)
>Type "help", "copyright" , "credits" or "license" for more information.[color=green][color=darkred]
>>>> ^D[/color][/color][/color]

"Instant porting of any program to python". Smooth.
--
TZOTZIOY, I speak England very best.
"Be strict when sending and tolerant when receiving." (from RFC1958)
I really should keep that in mind when talking with people, actually...

[Miki Tebeka]

Re: &quot;perl -p -i -e&quot; trick in Python?

Hello Wonjae,
[color=blue]
> I read the comment of
> http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Coo.../Recipe/277753.
> (Title : Find and replace string in all files in a directory)
>
> "perl -p -i -e 's/change this/..to this/g'" trick looks handy.
> Does Python have a similar trick? Or, is there a shorter Python recipe for
> the given problem?[/color]
See the "fileinput" module.

HTH.
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Miki Tebeka <miki.tebeka@zo ran.com>

http://tebeka.bizhat.com

The only difference between children and adults is the price of the toys

[Bart van Deenen]

:-)

Jack Diederich <jack@performan cedrivers.com> wrote:
[color=blue]
> /tmp/> python
> Python 2.3.4 (#2, Jan 5 2005, 08:24:51)
> Type "help", "copyright" , "credits" or "license" for more information.[color=green][color=darkred]
> >>> ^D[/color][/color][/color]


:-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-)

Bart