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illuminato
illuminato

Reputation: 1257

Script to execute multiple python files for Windows

I have a python script (script.py) that requires one file per input (input.txt) and one file per output (output.txt). Plus, the script requires additional data from model.pcl. I execute script through the console. For windows it looks like this:

type input.txt | python script.py model.pcl output.txt

I would like to apply this script to 10 thousand files and save the result in separate txt files.

I know how to do it with python:

import subprocess
for i in range(1, 10001):
    e = 'type input_%s.txt | python script.py model.pcl output/output_%s.txt' % (i,i)
    subprocess.call(e, shell=True)

But it is not an ideal solution because in this approach I cannot specify a folder for an input file (input/input_%s.txt). If I try to do it I get an error:

the syntax of the command is incorrect.

Are there other options for a Windows machine?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 568

Answers (3)

Ben Personick
Ben Personick

Reputation: 3264

This should do the needful from the Windows CMD Prompt:

FOR /L %# IN (1,1,10001) DO @TYPE "C:\Path\To\input_%#.txt"   | python script.py model.pcl "C:\Path\To\output_%#.txt"

Upvotes: 0

High-Octane
High-Octane

Reputation: 1112

I've faced a similar issue like this in python. It worked for me when I added all the items in a list.

import subprocess 
for i in range(1, 10001): 
    e = ['type input_%s.txt | python script.py model.pcl output/output_%s.txt' % (i,i)]
    subprocess.call(e, shell=True)

Can you test it and let me know if it works for you?

Upvotes: 0

Pittsie
Pittsie

Reputation: 79

One option is something similar to this

#Path to all files
path = os.getcwd()
#Puts file names to a variable
files = os.listdir(path)
#Gets just the .txt
txtFiles = glob.glob(path + "/*.txt")

This would allow you to do all .txt files in a specific folder ideally the one that the script is placed in but that can be asily modified

Upvotes: -1

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