Zline

Remove character (on the fly)

Input file (DOS format)

1234567801
123456789
2345676543
123454326
232343455

Output file (DOS format) (same file on the fly)
123456781
123456789
234567653
123454326
232343455

Second file in unix format (_out)
123456781
123456789
234567653
123454326
232343455

Run:
Python Zline.py inputfile

Code

import fileinput
import sys
import time
import CRLF

def remove_at(i, s):
    return s[:i] + s[i + 1:]


def inline(s):
    max_length = 10
    count_fix = 0
    for line in fileinput.input(s, inplace=True):
        if len(line) > max_length:
            num_line = fileinput.filelineno()
            sys.stderr.write("Line: %s Len: %s \n" % (num_line, len(line)))
            line2 = remove_at(8, line)
            print('{}'.format(line2), end='')
            count_fix = count_fix + 1
        else:
            print('{}'.format(line), end='')

    sys.stderr.write("Record Fix: %s \n" % count_fix)


def main(argv):
    sys.stderr.write("File: %s \n" % argv)
    sys.stderr.write("Fixing records.\n")
    start_time = time.time()
    inline(argv)
    print("Fix time: %s sec " % (time.time() - start_time))

    sys.stderr.write("Convert file to Unix.\n" )
    fileOutput=argv + '_out'
    sys.stderr.write("Output file: %s \n" % fileOutput)
    start_time = time.time()
    CRLF.dosToUnix(argv,fileOutput)
    print("Convert time %s sec " % (time.time() - start_time))
	
	
if __name__ == "__main__":
    main(sys.argv[1])