I can't get this to work. It runs but there is no output when I try it on a file.
#!/usr/bin/python import os import sys import re from datetime import datetime #logDir = '/nfs/projects/equinox/platformTools/RTLG/RTLG_logs'; #os.chdir( logDir ); programName = sys.argv[0] fileName = sys.argv[1] #pattern = re.compile('\s*\\"SHELF-.*,SC,.*,:\\"Log Collection In Progress\\"') re.M p = re.compile('^\s*\"SHELF-.*,SC,.*,:\\\"Log Collection In Progress\\\"') l = ' "SHELF-17:LOG_COLN_IP,SC,03-25,01-18-58,NEND,NA,,,:\"Log Collection In Progress\",NONE:1700000035-6364-1048,:YEAR=2014,MODE=NONE"' # this works :-) m = p.match( l ) if m: print( l ) # this doesn't match anything (or the if doesn't work) :-( with open(fileName) as f: for line in f: # debug code (print the line without adding a linefeed) # sys.stdout.write( line ) if p.match(line): print(line) The test file just has one line: "SHELF-17:LOG_COLN_IP,SC,03-25,01-18-58,NEND,NA,,,:\"Log Collection In Progress\",NONE:1700000035-6364-1048,:YEAR=2014,MODE=NONE" -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list