Count words in LaTeX python script

pre-commit.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
# -*- coding: UTF-8 -*-
#-*- mode: python -*- 

import subprocess
import os
import phant

THESIS_SECTIONS_DIR = '/Users/Sam/Dropbox/Uni/Thesis/thesis/sections/'

page_names = os.listdir(THESIS_SECTIONS_DIR)
tex_files = [THESIS_SECTIONS_DIR + page_name for page_name in page_names if '.tex' in page_name]

public = '0lz0p2DvR1CNJly320Nr'
private = 'privatekey'

phant = phant.Phant(public, 'words', private_key=private)
words = 0              

for tex_file in tex_files:
    process = subprocess.Popen(['texcount', '-1', tex_file], stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
    out, err = process.communicate()
    
    words += eval(out.split()[0])

phant.log(words)