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Re: python copy selected lines from one file to another using argparse or getopt

From John Gordon <gordon@panix.com>
Newsgroups comp.lang.python
Subject Re: python copy selected lines from one file to another using argparse or getopt
Date 2014-01-08 22:53 +0000
Organization PANIX Public Access Internet and UNIX, NYC
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In <bc99af4e-8031-477c-877f-a5460f8a09ab@googlegroups.com> sagarnildass@gmail.com writes:

> But I don't know how to:

> Include multiple search word and exclude words
> How to denote them by -e and -s. I have seen the argparse and the getopt
> tutorial. But there's no tutorial on this specific topic.

This should help you get started:

    import argparse

    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()

    parser.add_argument('-search', '-s', help='a word to search',
        action='append', required=True)
    parser.add_argument('-exclude', '-e', help='a word to exclude from search',
        action='append')
    parser.add_argument('input_file')
    parser.add_argument('output_file')

    args = parser.parse_args()

Assuming the user provided correct arguments, the args object will have
these attributes:

    args.search - a list of words to search for.
    args.exclude - a list of words to exclude.  Can be None.
    args.input_file - the input file name.
    args.output_file - the output file name.

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John Gordon         Imagine what it must be like for a real medical doctor to
gordon@panix.com    watch 'House', or a real serial killer to watch 'Dexter'.

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python copy selected lines from one file to another using argparse or getopt sagarnildass@gmail.com - 2014-01-08 13:51 -0800
  Re: python copy selected lines from one file to another using argparse or getopt John Gordon <gordon@panix.com> - 2014-01-08 22:53 +0000
  Re: python copy selected lines from one file to another using argparse or getopt Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2014-01-08 23:03 +0000
  Re: python copy selected lines from one file to another using argparse or
 getopt Dave Angel <davea@davea.name> - 2014-01-08 18:57 -0500

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