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RE: Python script that does batch find and replace in txt files

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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Python-list [mailto:python-list-
>bounces+crk=godblessthe.us@python.org] On Behalf Of Syed Khalid
>Sent: Sunday, November 09, 2014 1:08 PM
>To: python-list@python.org
>Subject: Re: Python script that does batch find and replace in txt files
>
>My Script,
>
>I have added
>
>import glob, codecs, re, os
>
>regex = re.compile(r"Age: |Sex: |House No: ") # etc etc Script I
>executed in EditRocket :
>
>for txt in glob.glob("/D:/Python/source/*.txt"):
>    with codecs.open(txt, encoding="utf-8") as f:
>        oldlines = f.readlines()
>    for i, line in enumerate(oldlines):
>        if "Contact's Name:" in line:
>            break
>    newlines = [regex.sub("", line).strip().replace("-", "_") for line
>in oldlines[i:]
>    with codecs.open(txt + "_out.txt", "wb", encoding="utf-8") as w:
>        w.write(os.linesep.join(newlines))
>

To my young eyes, it looks like you are missing a ] at the end of the line
before the with.

>
>Error Message :
>
>  File "EamClean.log", line 12
>    with codecs.open(txt + "_out.txt", "wb", encoding="utf-8") as w:
>       ^
>SyntaxError: invalid syntax
>
>Kindly do the needful
>
>
>
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Python script that does batch find and replace in txt files Syed Khalid <khalidness@gmail.com> - 2014-11-09 11:58 -0800
  Re: Python script that does batch find and replace in txt files Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2014-11-09 20:17 +0000
  Re: Python script that does batch find and replace in txt files Albert-Jan Roskam <fomcl@yahoo.com> - 2014-11-09 20:23 +0000
  Re: Python script that does batch find and replace in txt files Syed Khalid <khalidness@gmail.com> - 2014-11-10 02:22 +0530
    Re: Python script that does batch find and replace in txt files Syed Khalid <khalidness@gmail.com> - 2014-11-09 13:08 -0800
      RE: Python script that does batch find and replace in txt files "Clayton Kirkwood" <crk@godblessthe.us> - 2014-11-09 15:03 -0800
  Re: Python script that does batch find and replace in txt files Syed Khalid <khalidness@gmail.com> - 2014-11-10 02:50 +0530
  Re: Python script that does batch find and replace in txt files MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2014-11-09 21:44 +0000
  Re: Python script that does batch find and replace in txt files Syed Khalid <khalidness@gmail.com> - 2014-11-10 03:21 +0530
  Re: Python script that does batch find and replace in txt files Denis McMahon <denismfmcmahon@gmail.com> - 2014-11-11 20:04 +0000

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