Dear Python friends I am trying to open a file and check if there is a pattern has changed after the task got completed?
file data: ........................................................ #tail -f /file.txt .......................................... Note: CRC:algo = 2, split_crc = 1, unused = 0, initiator_crc = b6b20a65, journal_crc = d2097b00 Note: Task completed successfully. Note: CRC:algo = 2, split_crc = 1, unused = 0, initiator_crc = d976d35e, journal_crc = a176af10 I have the below piece of code but would like to make this better more pythonic , I found regex pattern and exception handling poor here , any quick suggestion in your spare time is welcome. #open the existing file if the flag is set and check if there is a match log_file='/file.txt' flag_is_on=1 data = None with open(log_file, 'r') as f: data = f.readlines() if flag_is_on: logdata = '\n'.join(data) reg = "initiator_crc =(?P<ini_crc>[\s\S]*?), journal_crc" crc = re.findall(re.compile(reg), logdata) if not crc: raise Exception("Pattern not found in logfile") checksumbefore = crc[0].strip() checksumafter = crc[1].strip() logging.info("checksumbefore :%s and checksumafter:%s" % (checksumbefore, checksumafter)) if checksumbefore == checksumafter: raise Exception("checksum not macthing") I am on Linux and Python 2.7 Regards, Ganesh -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list