CSUIDL PROGRAMMEr wrote:
> folks
> I am new to python, so excuse me if i am asking stupid questions.
>From what I see, you seem to be new to programming in general !-)
> I have a txt file and here are some lines of it
>
> Document<Keyword<date:2006-08-19> Keyword<time:11:00:43>
> Keyword<username:YOURBOTNICK> Keyword<data:localhost.localdomain>
> Keyword<logon:localhost.localdomain
> > Keyword<date:2006-08-19> Keyword<time:11:00:44> Keyword<sender:>
> Keyword<receiver:> Keyword<data::+iwx> Keyword<mode::+iwx
>
> I am writing a python program to replace the tags and word Document
> with Doc.
>
> Here is my python program
>
> #! /usr/local/bin/python
>
> import sys
> import string
> import re
>
> def replace():
> filename='/root/Desktop/project/chatlog_20060819_110043.xml.txt'
> try:
> fh=open(filename,'r')
> except:
> print 'file not opened'
> sys.exit(1)
You open your file a first time, and bind the reference to the file
object to fh.
> for l in
> open('/root/Desktop/project/chatlog_20060819_110043.xml.txt'):
And then you open the file a second time...
> l=l.replace("Document", "DOC")
This modifies the string referenced by l (talk about a bad name) and
rebind to the same name
> fh.close()
Then you close fh... and discard the modifications to l.
> if __name__=="__main__":
> replace()
>
> But it does not replace Document with Doc in the txt file
Why should it ? You didn't asked for it !-)
> Is there anything wrong i am doing
Yes.
The canonical way to modify a text file is to read from original / do
transformations / *write modifications to a tmp file* / replace the
original with the tmp file.
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