txt2csv.py

#!/bin/python

import sys, getopt, os
import csv


def main(argv):
   inputfile = ''
   outputfile = ''
   # Get the current working
   # directory (CWD)
   cwd = os.getcwd()

   try:
      opts, args = getopt.getopt(argv,"hi:o:",["ifile=","ofile="])
   except getopt.GetoptError:
      print ('test.py -i <inputfile> -o <outputfile>')
      sys.exit(2)
   for opt, arg in opts:
      if opt == '-h':
         print ('test.py -i <inputfile> -o <outputfile>')
         sys.exit()
      elif opt in ("-i", "--ifile"):
         inputfile = arg
      elif opt in ("-o", "--ofile"):
         outputfile = arg
   if inputfile == outputfile:
       print ('input file must be different from output file')
       sys.exit()
   print ('Input file is "', inputfile)
   print ('Output file is "', outputfile)

   with open(cwd + "/" + inputfile, "rt") as file_pipe:
       with open(cwd + "/" + outputfile, 'wt') as file_comma:
           csv.writer(file_comma, delimiter=';').writerows(csv.reader(file_pipe, delimiter='|'))

if __name__ == "__main__":
   main(sys.argv[1:])

python txt2csv.py -i pclaim_20220407_011310.txt -o pclaim_20220407_011310.csv