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cape.fileutils.grep(pat: str, fname: str, encoding='utf-8') → list
Find lines of a file containing a regular expressoin
- Call:
>>> lines = grep(pat, fname, encoding="utf-8")
- Inputs:
- pat:
str String of regular expression pattern
- fname:
str Name of file to search
- encoding: {
"utf-8"} | str Encoding for file
- Outputs:
- lines:
list[str] List of lines containing a match of pat
- Versions:
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cape.fileutils.head(fname: str, n=1, encoding='utf-8') → str
Get first n lines of a file
- Call:
>>> txt = head(fname, n=1)
- Inputs:
- fname:
str Name of file to read
- n: {
1} | int Number of lines to read from beginning of file
- encoding: {
"utf-8"} | str Encoding for text file
- Versions:
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cape.fileutils.tail(fname: str, n=1, encoding='utf-8')
Get last n lines of a file
- Call:
>>> txt = tail(fname, n=1)
- Inputs:
- fname:
str Name of file to read
- n: {
1} | int Number of lines to read from end of file
- encoding: {
"utf-8"} | str Encoding for text file
- Versions:
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cape.fileutils.touch(fname: str)
Replicate touch; creating new file or updating mod time
- Call:
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- Inputs:
- fname:
str Name of file to create/modify
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