Replaces the `\import` LaTeX command with the contend of the imported file

createCompletLaTeXFile.py

#!/usr/bin/python

import re

_INPUT_FILE  = 'input.tex'
_OUTPUT_FILE = 'output.tex'
_BASE_PATH   = './Ausarbeitung/'
_PATTERN     = r'(?<=\\import{)(.*)(?=})'

def file_get_contents(filename):
    contents = ""
    with open(_BASE_PATH + filename) as f:
        for line in f.readlines():
            contents += line
    return contents

def main():
    filecontent = file_get_contents(_INPUT_FILE)
    pattern     = re.compile(_PATTERN)
    matches     = pattern.findall(filecontent)

    if matches is not None:
        for match in matches:
            subfile     = file_get_contents(re.sub('}{', '', match) + '.tex')
            filecontent = filecontent.replace('\import{' + match + '}', subfile)

    output = open(_OUTPUT_FILE, "w");
    output.write(filecontent)

if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()