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February 22, 2022 01:15
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Python script to clean up some markdown files and turn a string into a list
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# I had a bunch of markdown files in my blog that had a category value that was a string of words instead of a list | |
# I needed a way to parse and replace 40 lines that began with `categories:` at once | |
# This did it. | |
import re | |
import glob | |
# https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4568580/python-glob-multiple-filetypes | |
types = ('*.md') | |
files_grabbed = [] | |
for files in types: | |
files_grabbed.extend(glob.glob(files)) | |
for file in files_grabbed: | |
with open(file, 'r') as f: | |
content = f.readlines() | |
content2 = "" | |
for line in content: | |
if line.startswith('categories: '): | |
line = re.sub(r'\s', ', ', line) | |
line = re.sub(r':, ', ': [', line) | |
line = re.sub(', ,', ',', line) | |
line = re.sub(', $', ']\n', line) | |
content2 += line | |
print(content2) | |
with open(file, 'w') as f: | |
f.write(content2) |
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