Hello! I have a lot of files that I need to process in the same way, so I think that's batch processing? Sorry, I'm new at this! The section of each file that I want is in the middle, between two lines of text and symbols that I don't want. I don't want to delete the original file, I just want to append the filename by deleting the ".txt" part and adding 'convo." The files that I want to convert are each in folders, and all are .txt files. I'd like to be able to copy the program into each folder, run it once, and have all the files in the folder copied and the formatted as described above. It's a list of data that is both tab and comma delimited, so I've added a part on the end where it deletes the commas, degree symbols, and the strings that surround the data. Can anyone help me get this to work? Here's the program I have so far(I have bits and pieces from various sources): import os import sys import fileinput import copy print "Text to search for:" textToSearchFor = raw_input( "Format: [Time/Date , Temperature] (Celsius) " ) #print "Text to replace it with:" #textToReplaceWith = raw_input( "> " ) print "File to perfrom search-and-replace on:" fileToSearch = raw_input( "*.txt " ) #name new file oldFileName = fileToSearch tempFileName = fileToSearch + 'convo' # If there's already an 'old_' prefixed backup file there from # a previous run, remove it... #if os.path.isfile( oldFileName ): # os.remove( oldFileName ) tempFile = open( tempFileName, 'w' ) for line in fileinput.input( fileToSearch ): NewText = copy ('Format\: [Time\/Date , Temperature] (Celsius) ... Debug Dump') tempFile.write( line.write( NewText ) ) delete ('Format: [Time/Date , Temperature] (Celsius)') delete ('Debug Dump') delete (',') delete ('°C') tempFile.close() # Rename the original file by prefixing it with 'old_' #os.rename( fileToSearch, oldFileName ) # Rename the temporary file to what the original was named... os.rename( tempFileName, fileToSearch - '.txt' + 'convo' ) raw_input( '\n\nPress Enter to exit...' ) And this is what the data should look like in the end: 6/15/2005 5:59 21.5 6/15/2005 6:04 21.5 6/15/2005 6:09 21.5 6/15/2005 6:14 21.5 6/15/2005 6:19 22 6/15/2005 6:24 22.5 6/15/2005 6:29 23 6/15/2005 6:34 22.5 6/15/2005 6:39 22.5 There are anywhere from 500-2048 lines of data that I'm trying to extract. Hope someone can help, thanks! Jenny :-)

if you are new to Python, why don't you start from the beginning? read the documentation on how to use Python. you cut and paste code from elsewhere but then don't know what it does.

I've worked with Python before, but not with this type of commands, my previous stuff was with mathematical modeling. Can you at least get me started in the right direction and let me know what I'm doing wrong? I need to have these files finished soon, so I can't really read ALL of the documentation. Can you tell me what sections are important for what I'm trying to do?

then, you should post example of your input file. also post your expected output file. i will show you how its normally done.

ok, here's the input file(2005BB1C1_A.TXT): DS1921: 6B00000010420521 Download at: 6/30/05 6:06:20 PM Mission State ------------- Mission is in progress Sample rate: 5 minute(s) Roll-Over Enabled: no Roll-Over Occured: n/a Mission Start time: 06/15/2005 05:59 Mission Start delay: 0 minute(s) Mission Samples: 4468 Device total samples: 172487 Temperatures displayed in: (Celsius) High Threshold: -40.0°C Low Threshold: -40.0°C Temperature threshold alarm state: Conditional(H,L) Alarm(H) Current Real-Time Clock from DS1921: Thursday 06/30/2005 18:14:21 Current PC Time: Thursday 06/30/2005 18:14:36 Time Alarm mode: Alarm weekly Alarm Time: Sunday 00:00:00 Alarm Time state: Conditional(yes) Alarm(yes) Temperature Alarms ------------------ Format: [(HIGH/LOW), Time/Date range] HIGH , 06/15/2005 05:59 to 06/16/2005 03:09 HIGH , 06/16/2005 03:14 to 06/17/2005 00:24 HIGH , 06/17/2005 00:29 to 06/17/2005 21:39 HIGH , 06/17/2005 21:44 to 06/18/2005 18:54 HIGH , 06/18/2005 18:59 to 06/19/2005 16:09 HIGH , 06/19/2005 16:14 to 06/20/2005 13:24 HIGH , 06/20/2005 13:29 to 06/21/2005 10:39 HIGH , 06/21/2005 10:44 to 06/22/2005 07:54 HIGH , 06/22/2005 07:59 to 06/23/2005 05:09 HIGH , 06/23/2005 05:14 to 06/24/2005 02:24 HIGH , 06/24/2005 02:29 to 06/24/2005 23:39 HIGH , 06/24/2005 23:44 to 06/25/2005 20:54 Temperature Histogram --------------------- Format: [Temp Range , Count] (Celsius) -40.0°C to -38.5°C, 0 -38.0°C to -36.5°C, 0 -36.0°C to -34.5°C, 0 -34.0°C to -32.5°C, 0 -32.0°C to -30.5°C, 0 -30.0°C to -28.5°C, 0 -28.0°C to -26.5°C, 0 -26.0°C to -24.5°C, 0 -24.0°C to -22.5°C, 0 -22.0°C to -20.5°C, 0 -20.0°C to -18.5°C, 0 -18.0°C to -16.5°C, 0 -16.0°C to -14.5°C, 0 -14.0°C to -12.5°C, 0 -12.0°C to -10.5°C, 0 -10.0°C to -8.5°C, 0 -8.0°C to -6.5°C, 0 -6.0°C to -4.5°C, 0 -4.0°C to -2.5°C, 0 -2.0°C to -0.5°C, 0 0.0°C to 1.5°C, 0 2.0°C to 3.5°C, 0 4.0°C to 5.5°C, 0 6.0°C to 7.5°C, 79 8.0°C to 9.5°C, 116 10.0°C to 11.5°C, 141 12.0°C to 13.5°C, 110 14.0°C to 15.5°C, 364 16.0°C to 17.5°C, 560 18.0°C to 19.5°C, 589 20.0°C to 21.5°C, 298 22.0°C to 23.5°C, 403 24.0°C to 25.5°C, 274 26.0°C to 27.5°C, 418 28.0°C to 29.5°C, 622 30.0°C to 31.5°C, 308 32.0°C to 33.5°C, 178 34.0°C to 35.5°C, 6 36.0°C to 37.5°C, 0 38.0°C to 39.5°C, 0 40.0°C to 41.5°C, 0 42.0°C to 43.5°C, 0 44.0°C to 45.5°C, 0 46.0°C to 47.5°C, 0 48.0°C to 49.5°C, 0 50.0°C to 51.5°C, 0 52.0°C to 53.5°C, 0 54.0°C to 55.5°C, 0 56.0°C to 57.5°C, 0 58.0°C to 59.5°C, 0 60.0°C to 61.5°C, 0 62.0°C to 63.5°C, 0 64.0°C to 65.5°C, 0 66.0°C to 67.5°C, 0 68.0°C to 69.5°C, 0 70.0°C to 71.5°C, 0 72.0°C to 73.5°C, 0 74.0°C to 75.5°C, 0 76.0°C to 77.5°C, 0 78.0°C to 79.5°C, 0 80.0°C to 81.5°C, 0 82.0°C to 83.5°C, 0 84.0°C to 85.5°C, 0 Log Data -------- Format: [Time/Date , Temperature] (Celsius) 06/15/2005 05:59 , 21.5°C 06/15/2005 06:04 , 21.5°C 06/15/2005 06:09 , 21.5°C 06/15/2005 06:14 , 21.5°C 06/15/2005 06:19 , 22.0°C 06/15/2005 06:24 , 22.5°C 06/15/2005 06:29 , 23.0°C 06/15/2005 06:34 , 22.5°C 06/15/2005 06:39 , 22.5°C 06/15/2005 06:44 , 22.5°C 06/15/2005 06:49 , 22.5°C 06/15/2005 06:54 , 22.5°C 06/15/2005 06:59 , 22.5°C . . . 06/22/2005 07:54 , 14.5°C 06/22/2005 07:59 , 14.5°C 06/22/2005 08:04 , 14.5°C 06/22/2005 08:09 , 14.5°C 06/22/2005 08:14 , 14.5°C 06/22/2005 08:19 , 14.5°C 06/22/2005 08:24 , 14.5°C 06/22/2005 08:29 , 14.5°C 06/22/2005 08:34 , 14.5°C Debug Dump (optional) --------------------- Register Page: 21 14 18 05 30 86 05 00 00 00 01 00 00 05 07 00 00 8C 00 00 A3 59 05 15 06 05 74 11 00 C7 A1 02 Alarms: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 00 00 FF 00 01 00 FF FF 01 00 FF FE 02 00 FF FD 03 00 FF FC 04 00 FF FB 05 00 FF FA 06 00 FF F9 07 00 FF F8 08 00 FF F7 09 00 FF F6 0A 00 FF Histogram: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 4F 00 74 00 8D 00 6E 00 6C 01 30 02 4D 02 2A 01 93 01 12 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And here's what it should look like when I'm done(2005BB1C1_Aconvo): 6/15/2005 5:59 21.5 6/15/2005 6:04 21.5 6/15/2005 6:09 21.5 6/15/2005 6:14 21.5 6/15/2005 6:19 22 6/15/2005 6:24 22.5 6/15/2005 6:29 23 6/15/2005 6:34 22.5 . . . 6/22/2005 8:04 14.5 6/22/2005 8:09 14.5 6/22/2005 8:14 14.5 6/22/2005 8:19 14.5 6/22/2005 8:24 14.5 6/22/2005 8:29 14.5 6/22/2005 8:34 14.5 Thanks a bunch, I really appreciate it! Without this script, it was certainly going to take me all summer to do all these files by hand, and that's only the first step of what I need to do to them all! Thanks again! :-)

import os,glob for files in glob.glob("file.txt"): f=open(files) g=0 for line in f: if "Debug Dump" in line:break if "Format: [Time/Date" in line: g=1 continue if g: try: d,t,temp = line.strip().replace(",","").split() except:pass else: if t.startswith("0"): t = t.replace("0","") print d,t,temp.strip("\xb0C") f.close()