On Wednesday, March 26, 2014 11:23:29 PM UTC-4, James Smith wrote: > I can't get this to work. > > It runs but there is no output when I try it on a file. > > > > > > #!/usr/bin/python > > > > import os > > import sys > > import re > > from datetime import datetime > > > > #logDir = '/nfs/projects/equinox/platformTools/RTLG/RTLG_logs'; > > #os.chdir( logDir ); > > > > programName = sys.argv[0] > > fileName = sys.argv[1] > > > > #pattern = re.compile('\s*\\"SHELF-.*,SC,.*,:\\"Log Collection In > Progress\\"') > > re.M > > p = re.compile('^\s*\"SHELF-.*,SC,.*,:\\\"Log Collection In Progress\\\"') > > l = ' "SHELF-17:LOG_COLN_IP,SC,03-25,01-18-58,NEND,NA,,,:\"Log Collection > In Progress\",NONE:1700000035-6364-1048,:YEAR=2014,MODE=NONE"' > > > > # this works :-) > > m = p.match( l ) > > if m: > > print( l ) > > > > # this doesn't match anything (or the if doesn't work) :-( > > with open(fileName) as f: > > for line in f: > > # debug code (print the line without adding a linefeed) > > # sys.stdout.write( line ) > > if p.match(line): > > print(line) > > > > > > The test file just has one line: > > "SHELF-17:LOG_COLN_IP,SC,03-25,01-18-58,NEND,NA,,,:\"Log Collection In > Progress\",NONE:1700000035-6364-1048,:YEAR=2014,MODE=NONE"
I tried the re.M in the compile and that didn't help. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list