Count words in latex

counter.py

import os
import subprocess


'''
    Counts the words in the manually selected latex files in the list list_file
    
    Commands to obtain the number of words in a .tex file:
    'detex my_file.tex | wc -w'
    where my_file.tex is one of the string in the list list_files
'''

root_project = os.getcwd()


list_files = ["Ch_introduction.tex",
              "Ch_experiment_design_and_dataset.tex",
              "Ch_diffeomorphic_registration.tex",
              "Ch_neonatal_rabbit_brain_multi_atlas.tex",
              "Ch_pipelines_image_analysis_and_preclinical_findings.tex",
              "Ch_conclusions.tex"]


# list_files = ["chapters/Ch_introduction.tex",
#               "chapters/Ch_pre_clinical_study.tex",
#               "chapters/Ch_state_of_the_art.tex",
#               "chapters/Ch_contributions_and_results.tex",
#               "chapters/Ch_work_plan.tex"]

pagg = [0]*len(list_files)

for i in range(len(pagg)):
    proc = subprocess.Popen(["detex -n " + list_files[i] + " | wc -w"], stdout=subprocess.PIPE, shell=True)
    (out, err) = proc.communicate()
    pagg[i] = int(out)
    print "Number of words in file: " + list_files[i] + " is: " + str(pagg[i])

print "\n Summary:"
print pagg
print "\n Total: " + str(sum(pagg)) + " \n"
print "Message: \n"
msg = 'This document contains ' + str(sum(pagg)) + ' words'
for i in range(len(pagg)):
  msg += '\n' + '${0} \mapsto {1}$,'.format(i+1, pagg[i])

print msg