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fileinput package appears to be zeroing files - rexrf - Jul-01-2020
trying to replace a string inline using fileinput package, but after being processed the resulting files are zero bytes... here is a snippet of code, if you need it all just ask :)
for i in files:
try:
with open(i) as f:
data = f.read()
except Exception as e:
log_it(logfile, time.time(), "warn", str(e))
print(e)
if args.match in data:
for line in fileinput.input(i, inplace=True, backup=".backup"):
line = line.replace(args.match, args.replace)
else:
# file doesnt contain string, restart the loop
continueFix was to add a print(line) after the replace() statement. Fileinput writes stdout to the file...