It's been several years since I've needed to write a python script so I'm
asking for advice to get me started with a brief script to separate names
and email addresses in one file into two separate files: salutation.txt and
emails.txt.
An example of the input file:
Calvin
cal...@example.com
Hob
On Thu, 11 Jan 2024, MRAB via Python-list wrote:
From the look of it:
1. If the line is empty, ignore it.
2. If the line contains "@", it's an email address.
3. Otherwise, it's a name.
MRAB,
Thanks. I'll take it from here.
Regards,
Rich
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On Thu, 11 Jan 2024, Mats Wichmann via Python-list wrote:
4. Don't assume it's going to be "plain text" if the email info is
harvested from external sources (like incoming emails) - you'll end up
stumbling over a 誰かのユーザー from somewhere. Process as bytes, or be
really careful about which encoding
On Thu, 11 Jan 2024, Piergiorgio Sartor via Python-list wrote:
Why not to use bash script for all?
Piergiorgio,
That's certainly a possibility, and may well be better than python for this
task.
Thank you,
Rich
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On Fri, 12 Jan 2024, AVI GROSS via Python-list wrote:
But is the solution a good one for some purpose? The two output files may
end up being out of sync for all kinds of reasons. One of many "errors"
can happen if multiple lines in a row do not have an "@" or a person's
name does, for example. W
On Fri, 12 Jan 2024, Rich Shepard via Python-list wrote:
For my use 1) the salutation and email address (always with an '@') are
sequential and 2) I'm developing the script to extract both from the same
file.
I've looked at my Python books "Python Crash Course,
On Mon, 29 Jan 2024, dieter.mau...@online.de wrote:
Have you read "https://docs.python.org/3/library/io.html#module-io";?
Dieter,
No, I hadn't ... but I am reading it now.
Many thanks,
Rich
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On Mon, 29 Jan 2024, Rich Shepard via Python-list wrote:
No, I hadn't ... but I am reading it now.
Perhaps I missed the answer to my question when reading the io module. It
explains how to open/write/read files of text and binary data, not passing
a variable's value from one file
On Mon, 29 Jan 2024, Rich Shepard via Python-list wrote:
I'll keep searching for a solution.
IIRC, someone here pointed me to <https://realpython.com/python-send-email/>
and I forgot about it ... until now.
Regards,
Rich
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On Mon, 29 Jan 2024, avi.e.gr...@gmail.com wrote:
There are several general solutions that may apply. Some involve reading
in both files into data structures and perhaps linking them together in
some way such as a data.frame or binary tree. You can then process
individual request in memory/
Av
On Mon, 29 Jan 2024, Thomas Passin via Python-list wrote:
If you aren't going to use one or another existing template system,
perhaps the easiest is to use unique strings in the message file. For
example:
Dear __##so-and-so##__:
Please don't write this message off as mere spam.
Respectfully
On Tue, 30 Jan 2024, Thomas Passin via Python-list wrote:
Fine, my toy example will still be applicable. But, you know, you haven't
told us enough to give you help. Do you want to replace text from values
in a file? That's been covered. Do you want to send the messages using
those libraries? You
On Tue, 30 Jan 2024, AVI GROSS via Python-list wrote:
But seriously, the OP, AKA Rich, is making clear that he is making a tool
for his own use. It sounds like he wants to maintain a data repository of
his own with some info about his clients and then have the ability to
specify a name and pop u
On Tue, 30 Jan 2024, Karsten Hilbert wrote:
Why not foxus on just the part you think you are better off using python,
namely personalization ?
Create personalized files and send them with your trusted mailx solution ?
Karsten,
Too much time. And while mailx accepts the '-a' option for attach
On Tue, 30 Jan 2024, Karsten Hilbert wrote:
It doesn't need to. It just sends the (pre-personalized-by-Python) mail files.
Karsten,
In which case, I might as well have Python format and send the messages. :-)
Regards,
Rich
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On Tue, 30 Jan 2024, Thomas Passin via Python-list wrote:
If I had a script that's been working for 30 years, I'd probably just use
Python to do the personalizing and let the rest of the bash script do the
rest, like it always has. The Python program would pipe or send the
personalized messages
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