fathead_output_escape_tabs.py

__author__ = 'kvaranasi'
import csv
import os
import re

rootdir = os.getcwd()
rootdir += '/lib/fathead'

for subdir, dirs, files in os.walk(rootdir):
    for file in files:
        if file == 'output.txt':
            filepath = subdir + os.sep + file

            if filepath.endswith("output.txt"):
                example_rows=[]
                print (filepath)
                with open(filepath) as f:
                    content = f.readlines()
                    for each in content:
                        example_rows.append(each.replace(r'\t', '    '))
                with open(filepath+'_1', 'w+') as f:
                    for each in example_rows:
                        f.write(each)