#!/usr/bin/python3 # written by andrewtunsw.edu.au as a COMP(2041|9044) lecture example # For each file given as argument replace occurrences of Hermione # allowing for some misspellings with Harry and vice-versa. # Relies on Zaphod not occurring in the text. import re, sys, os, shutil, tempfile for filename in sys.argv[1:]: with tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(mode='w', delete=False) as tmp: with open(filename) as f: for line in f: changed_line = re.sub(r"Herm[io]+ne", "Zaphod", line) changed_line = changed_line.replace("Harry", "Hermione") changed_line = changed_line.replace("Zaphod", "Harry") tmp.write(changed_line) shutil.move(tmp.name, filename)