Useful-Python-Scripts

List of Scripts

• graph.py

  • Basically takes in a .csv file of data you want to plot and creates a matplotlib graph figure and saves the picture to a specified output-filename.
  • Still adding more diverse options to expand the script!
  • You can run it with "python graph.py -h" to print out comments/documentation on what flags/arguments the script takes
  • (Note: I realized that in some Ubuntu versions, the script is a bit buggy when you try to backspace when users are prompted for input; this is fixed by (I think) updating/installing "pip install readline")

• clip.py

  • Basically just takes in a video filename and a list of start-time_end-time arguments, an output-filename, and creates/saves a video of just the clips you specified of the original video!
  • Requires the installation of the moviepy module! (see https://pypi.python.org/pypi/moviepy and try "pip install moviepy")
    • Also, to initially run the script, you're required a one-time download of the ImageIO ffmpeg library -- just un-comment out the first comment near the top of the import statements in the script before running it
  • You can also run it with "python clip.py -h" to print out some helpful comments on usage
  • Still working on adding more diverse options to expand the script!

• pypipe.py

  • Essentially just runs the commands found in a .txt file in a terminal! Like a "meta-script" that allows you to run several terminal commands in sequential order from a text file.
  • Kind of like an alternate way to pipe commands -- great for editing sequences of terminal commands in a text editor, rather than slowly and tediously on one line in the terminal.
  • Run "python pypipe.py example.txt" for a demonstration of its capacities -- examine the corresponding files/scripts specified in example.txt to understand what's happening.
  • Run "python pypipe.py -h" for comments/details/documentation

• csv-vertical-append.py

  • Just takes a few .csv files of the same length (in terms of # of lines) and appends them vertically together, comma-separated, into a specified output file (good for formatting data separated across several files into a table)
  • Basically a helper script that'll probably be commonly executed alongside graph.py
  • Run "python csv-vertical-append.py -h" for comments/details/documentation

• tedious.py

  • NOT YET FINISHED
  • Basically has a few commands that allows you to automate the tedious task of manually inserting/deleting large sections of code and copying/pasting tiny incremented portions of code before running each time
  • Essentially works by just specifying a position in the original code (by line and position/searched values), specifying what you want to insert/delete/change in the code, and then an output file for you to save your new code to
  • Coupled with pypipe.py, should be great for executing (that feels like in parallel rather than tediously sequentially) multiple versions of code to compare the outputs/results of all versions at once
  • Run "python tedious.py -h" for comments/details/documentation on optional flags and arguments to execute this script

(See respective scripts' comments for more extensive documentation on how to use them)

(If you want to fork this repository or submit a pull-request to expand any scripts here -- go for it!)