divide data among multiple wetsaws

get_counties.py

import os,sys

def get_fips():
    lines = open("counties_fips_list.txt").readlines()
    fips = [line.strip() for line in lines]
    return fips
        
if __name__ == "__main__":
    wetsawn = sys.argv[1]  # pass the wetsaw # as an argument
    fips = get_fips()
    
    of = open("pull_county_dirs.sh","w")
    sh = open("render_all.sh","w")
    fips_len = len(fips)/wetsawn
    fips_start = int(wetsawn) * fips_len
    for fip in fips[fips_start:fips_start+fips_len]:
        if not os.path.exists("/mnt/tiger/TIGER2011/wg_fips/tl_2011_{}".format(fip)):
            os.mkdir("/mnt/tiger/TIGER2011/wg_fips/tl_2011_{}".format(fip))
        of.write("scp -r root@ec2-107-21-179-195.compute-1.amazonaws.com:/mnt/tiger/TIGER2011/wg_fips/tl_2011_{}/ /mnt/tiger/TIGER2011/wg_fips/tl_2011_{}\n".format(fip,fip))
        sh.write("cd /mnt/tiger/TIGER2011/wg_fips/tl_2011_{}\n".format(fip))
        sh.write("./render.sh\n")
    of.close()
    sh.close()