Command line tool to filter text and save result to file or print to output!
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text_filter.py is a simple commandline tool to filter text using predefined filters and save the result in a new file.
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This is a simple command line tool written in native python 3, no additional dependencies.
Complete list of dependencies:
 | Python 3.x |
Install via pip:
pip install filtertext
pip will install a command line script that you can use. To find the installation directory of that script, you can run this code:
python -m site --user-base
Inside of that folder, you will find a folder structure similar to Python312\Scripts or Python312\bin.
In this folder, there is a script file filter_text.py.
You can add this folder (../Scripts or ../bin) to your environment variables,
so you can run the script without navigating to the folder again.
You can run the script filter_text.py with some command line arguments:
filter_text.py [-h] [-w] [-d] [-l LIST_FILE] [-D OUTPUT_PATH] [-o OUTPUT_FILE] FILE [FILE ...]
Filter
-w Remove lines that only contain whitespace
-d Remove duplicate lines
Input
FILE: files to filter
-f LIST_FILE: Input file with list of files to filter, one file per line
Output
-D OUTPUT_PATH: Output directory (if it exists, it will be deleted first)
-o OUTPUT_FILE: Output file path (if it exists, it will be deleted first)
For more examples, please refer to the Documentation
from filtertext import *
file_path = "example.txt"
remove_whitespace = RemoveWhitespaceLinesTextFilter.from_file(file_path)
remove_whitespace.filter()
print(remove_filter.text)
For more examples, please refer to the Documentation
Thank you for your interest in contributing! Any contributions you make are greatly appreciated.
Please make sure to follow our Code of Conduct.
If you have a suggestion that would make this better, please fork the repo and create a pull request. You can also simply open an issue, if you prefer. Don't forget to give the project a star! Thanks again!
git checkout -b feature/AmazingFeature)git commit -m 'Add some AmazingFeature')git push origin feature/AmazingFeature)Copyright 2024 Micha Grandel
Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
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See LICENSE.md for more information.
Micha Grandel
Project Link: https://github.com/michagrandel/filtertext
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Filter text and save result to file or print to output!
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