V1 Prototype code to skip LDraw file header

LS00.dat

0 ~Moved to LS01
0 Name: LS00.dat
0 Author: [Willy Tschager]
0 !LDRAW_ORG Unofficial_Part
0 !LICENSE Redistributable under CCAL version 2.0 : see CAreadme.txt

0 BFC CERTIFY CCW

0 !HISTORY 2007-06-27 [Willy Tschager] Initial version

0 // LSynth Constraint Part - Type 1 - "Hose"
1 16 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 LS01.dat
0

skipheader.py

#! /usr/bin/python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

from __future__ import print_function

myFile = "LS00.dat"

# Official META commands, http://www.ldraw.org/article/401.html
metaCommands = [b"Author", b"BFC", b"!CATEGORY", b"CLEAR", b"!CMDLINE",
                b"!COLOUR", b"!HELP", b"!HISTORY", b"!KEYWORDS",
                b"!LDRAW_ORG", b"LDRAW_ORG", b"!LICENSE", b"Name"
                ]


def removeHeader(fileContent=None):
    """Strip part header information"""

    # Only read the file is the contents has not been read already
    if fileContent is None:
        with open(myFile, "rb") as f:
            fileContent = f.readlines()

        # Always remove the first line (part name and number)
        del fileContent[0]

    # Check if any META commands are present
    for command in metaCommands:
        for line in fileContent:
            # Yes, some was found, so remove them
            if line[2:].startswith(command):
                del fileContent[fileContent.index(line)]

    print("\nPart content:\n")
    print(fileContent)


if __name__ == "__main__":
    removeHeader()