how to make a script for this case?

[Chris Barker]

D99 wrote:
> I am using linux platform and have a file which contain the
> following data
> 
> #####################################################
> a:admin99
> b:admin at company.com
> password:123321
> e:456789

-etc:
lummert wrote:

> read the file line by line with a loop

for line in file.xreadlines()

> using regular expressions like "^a:(.*)", "^b:(.*)",
> "^password:(.*)", "^e:(.*)".

I'd not bother with the REs. You data looks pretty simply formated, so
you can do:
    key,data = line.split(":",1) # or something like that
    if key == "a":
        alias = data
    elif key == ...

> u should be sure about the rules, your input file was
> written with (e.g one newline -> new field, two
> newlines -> new dataset).

absolutely. you have to know that the format is consistent

> save strings found with re's to an appropriate
> sequence and write to output file with an

you might want to build a dictionary like:
	people[account] = (alias,possword,.....

then you can sort the keys of the dict, and output in order if you want.

-CHB

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