Generate exam submissions, following the naming convention for Physics at Imperial

exams.py

# Generate exam submissions
import os, shutil
from subprocess import run

cid = "0123456789"

def tex_template(**kwargs):
    return """
\\documentclass[a4paper]{{article}}

\\newcommand{{\\module}}{{{module}}}
\\newcommand{{\\question}}{{{question}}}
\\newcommand{{\\pdfname}}{{{pdf_file}}}

\\author{{CID: {cid}}}
\\title{{Module --- \\module{{}} \\\\ Question --- \\question}}
\\date{{\\today}}
\\usepackage{{pdfpages}}
\\usepackage{{tikz}}
\\usepackage[a4paper, total={{7in, 10.5in}}]{{geometry}}

\\begin{{document}}
\\maketitle

\\includepdf[pages=-,scale=1.0,pagecommand=\\subsection*{{CID: {cid}, Module: \\module, Question: \\question}}]{{\\pdfname}}
\\end{{document}}
""".format(cid=cid, **kwargs)

os.makedirs("input", exist_ok=True)
os.makedirs("output", exist_ok=True)
os.makedirs("tmp", exist_ok=True)
for exam in os.listdir("input"):
    for question in os.listdir("input/{}".format(exam)):
        with open("tmp/tmp.tex", "w") as tex:
            tex.write(
                tex_template(
                    module=exam,
                    question=question.split(".")[0],
                    pdf_file="../input/{}/{}".format(exam, question)
                )
            )
        os.chdir("tmp")
        run(["pdflatex", "tmp.tex"])
        os.chdir("..")
        os.rename("tmp/tmp.pdf", "output/{}_{}_{}.pdf".format(cid, exam, question))
shutil.rmtree("tmp")

How to use: Stick your answers into the input folder, in a folder for the exam. Run python3 exams.py.

E.g.:

input
 | PHYSY3
 | | Q1.pdf
 | | Q2.pdf