Create CBL from a Text File

CreateCBL.py

import re;
import os;

with open('sorting.txt') as f:
    lines = f.readlines()

with open('template.cbl') as f:
    cbl = f.read()

for l in lines:
    l = re.sub(r"\..+|\n", "", l, 0, re.IGNORECASE | re.DOTALL)#remove file extension and/or the newline char
    filename = 'output/' + l + '.cbl'
    os.makedirs(os.path.dirname(filename), exist_ok=True)#Create the output dir if doeasn't exists
    newCbl = cbl.replace('Book Name', l)
    with open(filename, 'w') as f:
        f.write(newCbl)

sorting.txt

Test File 001
Test File 002.cbz
Test File 003.cbr

template.cbl

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<ReadingList xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
  <Name>Book Name</Name>
  <Books />
  <Matchers>
    <ComicBookMatcher xsi:type="ComicBookFileMatcher" MatchOperator="3">
      <MatchValue>Book Name</MatchValue>
    </ComicBookMatcher>
  </Matchers>
</ReadingList>