Python How to Wrap Long Lines in Text file

softhints · softhints · commit a2c8a0e16aea · 2019-11-03T11:27:58.000+02:00
diff --git a/scripts/1.python_wrap_lines.py b/scripts/1.python_wrap_lines.py
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+import os
+
+size = 80
+file = 'budo'
+folder = os.path.expanduser('~/Documents/Fortunes/')
+
+# Read and store the entire file line by line
+with open(f'{folder}{file}.txt') as reader:
+    provers = reader.readlines()
+
+# wrap/collate lines by separators [",", " ", "."]
+def collate(text, size):
+    new_text = []
+    split_char = 1
+    while split_char > 0:
+        comma = str.find(text, ',', size)
+        space = str.find(text, ' ', size)
+        dot = str.find(text, '.', size)
+
+        split_char = min(max(comma, dot), max(comma, space), max(dot, space))
+
+        if text[:split_char]:
+            new_text.append(text[:split_char])
+        text = text[split_char+1:].replace('\n', "")
+
+    return new_text
+
+# write collated information to new(same) file
+with open(f'{folder}{file}.txt', 'w') as writer:
+    for wisdom in provers:
+        if len(wisdom) > size:
+            collated = collate(wisdom, size)
+            for short in collated:
+                writer.write(short)
+                writer.write('\n')
+        else:
+            writer.write(wisdom)
+
+# Executing Shell Commands with Python
+import os
+myCmd = f'strfile -c % {folder}{file}.txt {folder}{file}.txt.dat'
+os.system(myCmd)
