On Thu, 19 Feb 2009 13:56:38 -0800, oamram wrote:
> new to python. i have a directory with about 50 text file and i need to
> iterate through them and get
> line 7 to 11 from each file and write those lines into another file(one
> file that will contain all lines).
Untested:
from __future__ import with_statement
from glob import glob
from itertools import islice
def main():
with open('result.txt', 'w') as out_file:
for filename in glob('foo/*.txt'):
with open(filename, 'r') as lines:
out_file.writelines(islice(lines, 7, 12))
if __name__ == "__main__":
main()
Ciao,
Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch
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