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Reversecontents

The document describes a Python script that reverses the contents of a text file by reversing the order of the lines and words in each line. The script takes a file path as an argument, reads the file contents, reverses the order of the lines and words, overwrites the original file with the reversed content, and handles errors if no file is provided.

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Reversecontents

The document describes a Python script that reverses the contents of a text file by reversing the order of the lines and words in each line. The script takes a file path as an argument, reads the file contents, reverses the order of the lines and words, overwrites the original file with the reversed content, and handles errors if no file is provided.

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#!

/usr/bin/env python

############################################################################
# Author Name: Seth Cram
# Date: 12/16/2021
# File: ReverseContents.py
# Goal:
# Write a script to reverse the contents of a text file.
#
# Project Description:
# -This script needs to be run with a file name
# -File I/O is used to replace the changed file
#
# Clarifications:
# -Also have to reverse ordering of words
# -Assumed reversal meant reverse letters and ordering of each word
# -Preserves file formatting
#
# Possible Expansion:
# -Could pass in more than one file at a time or a directory
#
############################################################################

import sys #need for sys.argv

#reverse lines of f:
def revFile( f ):
'Reverses file contents'

#read in the whole contents of the file:


lines = f.read()

print "Original contents of file:"


print lines

#reverse contents of lines:


lines = lines[::-1]

return lines

#MAIN CODE

#error codes:
TOO_SHORT = 1
OPTION_ERR = 2

#account for this file's name passed in:


argvLen = len( sys.argv ) - 1 #subtr 1
argv = sys.argv[ 1:argvLen + 1 ] #slice to cut off

print "Number of args:", argvLen


print "Arg List:", argv

#if too few args:


if( argvLen < 1 ):
print "Too few arguments passed"
print "Suggested format: fileName"

#exit with fail error code:


sys.exit( TOO_SHORT )

#store input file and option:


inputFile = argv[0]

f = open( inputFile, 'r' ) #r for read

#reverse the lines in f:


fmtLines = revFile( f )

f.close()

#replace file w/ its formatted I/O:

f = open( inputFile, 'w' ) #w for write

print "New reversed contents:"


print fmtLines

#overwrite new reversed lines to file:


f.write( fmtLines )

f.close()

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