Peter Hansen wrote: > Swarna wrote: > > Peter Hansen wrote: > >>Swarna wrote: > >>>I am using scp in python to copy a html file on remote server, to my > >>>local machine. Now, i need to update this html file in my local machine > >>>( by adding a new Hyperlink to the existing table od hyperlinks ) and > >>>copy it back (overwriting the old copy ) to the remote server. > >> > >>If you are using scp to copy the file from the remote server in the > >>first place, what's stopping you from using scp to copy it back? > > > > I might be vague in expressing my problem.....the problem is not with > > scp. What i need is how to modify the html file in my local machine > > that i got from remote server. > > Ah, so all that stuff about scp was just to distract us from the real > problem? <wink> > > Okay, so Lorenzo's advice is fine: grab an HTML parser and use that to > figure out where things are. Or if the problem is defined simply > enough, you could use a regular expression (re module). BeautifulSoup > is often recommended when the HTML is not necessarily very clean... > > Personally, I'd start with an re and move on from there only if that was > for some reason not sufficient. > > -Peter
hey........i got it worked with simple file object.....Thanks, for all your suggestions ! -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
