This script was used for a very specific purpose once off in a project, and has no real re-usability value, but is retained here for posterity. I needed to move the "Go Pro!" button (reminding the user to upgrade to payed version) from the end of my menus to the beginning, so they would be more visible. The menu structure is determined by an App…

move_gopro_in_directory.py

#! /usr/bin/env python

def move_gopro_in_file(filename):
    file = open(filename)
    lines = file.readlines()
    file.close()
 
    gopro = lines[-3]

    from string import whitespace
    if 'gopro' not in gopro.lower():
        return "GOPRO out of position in", filename
    if "<array>" not in lines[3].lower() or lines[4] in whitespace:
        return "Nowhere to move to. lines 3 and 4 are", lines[3] + '\n' + lines[4]
 
    lines.remove(gopro)
    lines.insert(4, gopro)
    file = open(filename, 'w')
    file.writelines(lines)
    file.close()
    return filename

if __name__ == "__main__":

    import os
    pwd = os.listdir('.')
 
    failing_files = [] # add files here if they are known to be problematic (or already fixed)
    for f in pwd:
        if 'plist' in f and 'bubble' not in f and 'menu' not in f:
            try:
                done = move_gopro_in_file(f)
                if done != f:
                    failing_files.append(f)
                else: print "moved gopro in", done # give feedback
            except Exception: failing_files.append(f)
    if len(failing_files) > 0:
        from pprint import pprint
        print "FAILED:"
        pprint(failing_files)