Remove comments in compatible files (tested for JS, HTML)

remove_comments.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3
import os
import sys

if len(sys.argv) < 2:
    print("Remove comments in compatible files")
    print("//   ...     = remove from // until LF")
    print("/*   ...  */ = remove from /* to first */ found after it")
    print("<!-- ... --> = similar to /* ... */")
    print()
    print("Usage:")
    print("remove_comments.py \"path_to_folder_here\"")
    sys.exit(0)


init_dir_location = sys.argv[1]


def process_file(filepath):
    file_contents = ""

    # Read file
    with open(filepath, "r") as f:
        file_contents = f.read()

    # Process file
    new_file_contents = ""
    while file_contents.find("//") != -1:
        new_file_contents = file_contents[:file_contents.find("//")] + file_contents[file_contents.find("\n", file_contents.find("//")):]
        file_contents = new_file_contents

    while file_contents.find("/*") != -1:
        begin = file_contents.find("/*")
        end = file_contents.find("*/", begin) + 2

        new_file_contents = file_contents[:begin] + file_contents[end:]
        file_contents = new_file_contents

    while file_contents.find("<!--") != -1:
        begin = file_contents.find("<!--")
        end = file_contents.find("-->", begin) + 3

        new_file_contents = file_contents[:begin] + file_contents[end:]
        file_contents = new_file_contents

    # Write file
    with open(filepath, "w") as g:
        g.write(file_contents)


def recurse_over_folders(folder):
    for f in os.listdir(folder):
        current_path = os.path.join(folder, f)
        if not os.path.isfile(current_path):
            recurse_over_folders(current_path)
        else:
            import mimetypes
            mime = mimetypes.guess_type(current_path)
            if mime[0] is None:
                print(f"File not processed: {current_path}")
            elif mime[0][:5] == "text/":
                process_file(current_path)
            else:
                print(f"File not processed: {current_path}")


recurse_over_folders(init_dir_location)

print("Success!")
print()