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How do i add terminal commands to my Python script? I have a huge folder of images/videos/folders with more images/videos, and i want to organize them in a HTML file (FirstPage.html).
The script first lists all the files in the directory:
def listFiles():
command = "ls"
output = Popen(command, stdout=PIPE) #This is the only way i found to run LS in terminal and get the output
x = str(output.stdout.read())
x = x[2:-3]
x += (" ")
x = re.sub(r"\\n", " ", x)
y = ""
finalLIST = list()
for o in x:
if o == " ":
finalLIST.append(str(y))
y = ""
else:
y += o
return finalLIST #returns a list with all files in the current directory
Then checks if the file is a image or a video, and if its a video, it adds to the HTML file:
<video controls>
<source src="videoName.mp4" type="video/WebM/mp4">
<source src="videoName.ogg" type="video/ogg">
Video not suported!
</video>
and if its a image it adds:
<img src="ImageName.jpg" alt="image"/>
The code is:
def organize():
DIRECTORIES = listFiles()
IMAGE = [".png", ".jpg"]
VIDEO = [".webm", ".mp4"]
for x in DIRECTORIES:
if not re.search(".", x):
#This means that it is a directory
#I want to CD into this directory and run listFiles() and then organize() it. How i do it?
else:
for y in IMAGE:
ADDimg = "\n<img src=\"" + x + "\" alt=\"imagem\"/>\n"
if re.search(y, x):
with open(FirstPage.html) as f:
for line in f:
if line = "<!--IMAGES-->":
f.write(ADDimg)
break
f.write(ADDimg)
for y in VIDEO:
ADDvideo = """\n<video controls>
<source src=\"""" + x
"""\" type="video/WebM/mp4">
<source src="video.ogg" type="video/ogg/WebM">
Video not suported!
</video>\n
"""
if re.search(y, x):
with open(FirstPage.html) as f:
for line in f:
if line = "<!--VIDEOS-->":
f.write(ADDvideo)
break
this is FirstPag.html:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<title>The first page</title>
</head>
<body>
<!--IMAGES-->
<!--VIDEOS-->
</body>
</html>
I want this script to list the files in the directory, add all images/ videos that are there to the HTML file, then cd into the folders there, and do the same thing, recursively. Any sugestions?
Thanks!
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You can copy files by right-clicking on the file and selecting "Copy", then going to a different directory and selecting "Paste". For my terminal friends, you can also perform file copy-paste operations without leaving the terminal. In a Linux-based terminal, you do this using the cp command.
cd directory - change your working directory to the given directory. cd .. - change your working directory to the parent of the current working directory. ls - list the contents of the current directory ("ls" is short for "list")
Don't execute cd/ls commands for something that exist inside the language library: os.listdir().
You can use it like this:
from os import listdir
from os.path import isfile, join
files = [f for f in listdir(mypath) if isfile(join(mypath, f))]
Similarly you can use isdir to check for directories.
You can combine the above commands to make a recursive directory traversal.
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