Open and search multiple text files

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#1 DickThompson1974  Icon User is offline

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Open and search multiple text files

Posted 05 December 2012 - 02:42 AM

Hi,
I'm new to Python and I'm trying to make a program that can:
1 : Open multiple text files with raw input.
2 : Save each text file with it's content. (and assign every file with a unique number).

Later I want to search for one or more words in the files.

I hope you can help me getting started.

Thanks
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Re: Open and search multiple text files

Posted 05 December 2012 - 04:04 AM

you can't open them with raw input. Are you talking about opening them with what you get from raw_input? If so, just make sure the directory is correct and type 
r = open('filename','r')


Not sure what you mean by saving each text file with it's content. If the text file already exists why save it?

For searching through text files look into regular expression (re module).

hopefully that'll get you started...

This post has been edited by alexr1090: 05 December 2012 - 04:08 AM

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