A small python script to switch a Qt .cpp file from "normal" to ID-based translation

replaceTRwithQTTRID.py

#!/usr/bin/python3
import subprocess

inFile = "./frontend/linboosselectionrow.cpp"

with open(inFile, "rt") as fin:
    with open("tmp.cpp", "wt") as fout:
        translationId = ""
        translationIdPrefix = ""
        for line in fin:
            if "//=" in line:
                translationId = line.split("//= ")[1].replace("\n", "")
                translationIdPrefix = line.split("//= ")[0]
                continue

            if translationId:
                # We need to recreate this line and the previous one!
                thisLineUntilString = line.split("tr(")[1]
                defaultTranslation = thisLineUntilString.split(")")[0]
                previousLine = translationIdPrefix + "//% " + defaultTranslation + "\n"
                print(previousLine.replace("\n", ""))
                fout.write(previousLine)

                thisLineEndArray = thisLineUntilString.split(")")
                thisLineEndArray.pop(0)
                thisLineEnd = ")".join(thisLineEndArray)

                thisLine = line.split("tr(")[0] + "qtTrId(\"" + translationId + "\")" + thisLineEnd
                print(thisLine.replace("\n", ""))
                fout.write(thisLine)

                translationId = ""
                continue
            
            fout.write(line)
        
        process = subprocess.Popen(["rm", inFile], stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
        output, error = process.communicate()
        process = subprocess.Popen(["mv", "tmp.cpp", inFile], stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
        output, error = process.communicate()