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Re: Generate config file from template using Python search and replace.

From Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de>
Newsgroups comp.lang.python
Subject Re: Generate config file from template using Python search and replace.
Date 2015-11-30 10:14 +0100
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Mr Zaug wrote:

> On Sunday, November 29, 2015 at 5:50:51 PM UTC-5, Peter Otten wrote:
>> Mr Zaug wrote:
>> 
>> > When I run this script on OS X El Capitan, I see,
>> >   
>> >   # permission sensitive cache
>> >   $include "_dispatcher_shared_auth-checker:
>> > 
>> > Was I supposed to incorporate it into the script I posted?
>> 
>> Are you referring to my post? I'm sorry, I can't make sense of your
>> question.
> 
> Yes. The snippet you posted went way over my head. When I ran it, it
> printed
> 
> # permission sensitive cache
>   $include "_dispatcher_shared_auth-checker:

It's hard to tell from that problem description what might have gone wrong. 
However:

In your template file you have to enclose all words you want to replace in 
braces ("you have foo options" becomes "you have {foo} options"), to replace 
all literal { with {{ and all literal } with }}.

Did you do that?

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Generate config file from template using Python search and replace. Mr Zaug <matthew.herzog@gmail.com> - 2015-11-28 13:45 -0800
  Re: Generate config file from template using Python search and replace. Mr Zaug <matthew.herzog@gmail.com> - 2015-11-28 14:04 -0800
  Re: Generate config file from template using Python search and replace. Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> - 2015-11-29 00:07 +0100
    Re: Generate config file from template using Python search and replace. Mr Zaug <matthew.herzog@gmail.com> - 2015-11-29 12:23 -0800
      Re: Generate config file from template using Python search and replace. Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> - 2015-11-29 23:50 +0100
        Re: Generate config file from template using Python search and replace. Mr Zaug <matthew.herzog@gmail.com> - 2015-11-29 17:28 -0800
          Re: Generate config file from template using Python search and replace. Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> - 2015-11-30 10:14 +0100
            Re: Generate config file from template using Python search and replace. Mr Zaug <matthew.herzog@gmail.com> - 2015-11-30 20:54 -0800
              Re: Generate config file from template using Python search and replace. Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> - 2015-12-01 11:49 +0100
                Re: Generate config file from template using Python search and replace. Mr Zaug <matthew.herzog@gmail.com> - 2015-12-01 05:18 -0800
                Re: Generate config file from template using Python search and replace. Mr Zaug <matthew.herzog@gmail.com> - 2015-12-01 06:18 -0800
                Re: Generate config file from template using Python search and replace. Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> - 2015-12-01 15:41 +0100
                Re: Generate config file from template using Python search and replace. Mr Zaug <matthew.herzog@gmail.com> - 2015-12-01 07:21 -0800
                Re: Generate config file from template using Python search and replace. Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> - 2015-12-01 16:43 +0100
                Re: Generate config file from template using Python search and replace. Mr Zaug <matthew.herzog@gmail.com> - 2015-12-01 10:43 -0800
        Re: Generate config file from template using Python search and replace. Mr Zaug <matthew.herzog@gmail.com> - 2015-11-29 18:31 -0800
          Re: Generate config file from template using Python search and replace. Rob Hills <rhills@medimorphosis.com.au> - 2015-11-30 10:40 +0800
          Re: Generate config file from template using Python search and replace. MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2015-11-30 03:23 +0000

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