Can Python fix vcard files?

[Dotan Cohen]

2008/10/14  <skip at pobox.com>:
>
>    Dotan> Can Python go through a directory of files and replace each
>    Dotan> instance of "newline-space" with nothing?
>
> Sure.  Something like (*completely* untested, so caveat emptor):
>
>    import glob
>    import os
>
>    for f in glob.glob('*.vcf'):
>        # corrupt data
>        uncooked = open(f, 'rb').read()
>        # fix it
>        cooked = uncooked.replace('\n ', '')
>        # backup original file for safety
>        os.rename(f, '%s.orig' % f)
>        # and save it
>        open(f, 'wb').write(cooked)
>

Thanks, that's easier than I thought! I am sure with some googling I
will discover how to loop through all the files in a directory. One
question, though, is that code unicode-safe in the event that there
are unicode characters in there?

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