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[robinsiebler]

I have a batch of files that I am trying to search for specific text in
a specific format. Each file contains several items I want to search
for.

Here is a snippet from the file:
....
/FontName /ACaslonPro-Semibold def
/FontInfo 7 dict dup begin
/Notice (Copyright 2000 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All Rights
Reserved.Adobe Caslon is either a registered trademark or a trademark
of Adobe Systems Incorporated in the United States and/or other
countries.) def
/Weight (Semibold) def
/ItalicAngle 0 def
/FSType 8 def
....

I want to search the file until I find '/FontName /ACaslonPro-Semibold'
and then jump forward 7 lines where I expect to find '/FSType 8'. I
then want to continue searching from *that* point forward for the next
FontName/FSType pair. Unfortunately, I haven't been able to figure out
how to do this in Python, although I could do it fairly easily in a
batch file. Would someone care to enlighten me?

[Tim Chase]

I want to search the file until I find '/FontName /ACaslonPro-Semibold'

and then jump forward 7 lines where I expect to find '/FSType 8'. I
then want to continue searching from *that* point forward for the next
FontName/FSType pair. Unfortunately, I haven't been able to figure out
how to do this in Python, although I could do it fairly easily in a
batch file. Would someone care to enlighten me?

found_fontname = False
font_search = '/FontName /ACaslonPro-Semibold'
type_search = '/FSType 8'
for line in file('foo.txt'):
if font_search in line:
found_fontname = True
if found_fontname and type_search in line:
print 'doing something with %s' % line
# reset to look for font_search
found_fontname = False
or, you could

sed -n '/\/FontName \/ACaslonPro-Semibold/,/\/FSType 8/{/\/FSType
8/p}'

You omit what you want to do with the results when you find
them...or what should happen when they both appear on the same
line (though you hint that they're a couple lines apart, you
don't define this as a "this is always the case" sort of scenario)

-tkc

[robinsiebler]

You omit what you want to do with the results when you find
them...or what should happen when they both appear on the same
line (though you hint that they're a couple lines apart, you
don't define this as a "this is always the case" sort of scenario)

I don't do anything, per se. I just need to verify that I find the
FontName/FSType pair. And they *always* have to be in the same
location in relation to each other, i.e. they should never appear on
the same line or any closer/farther from each other.

[robinsiebler]

The other thing I failed to mention is that I need to ensure that I
find the fsType *before* I find the next FontName.

[Tim Chase]

The other thing I failed to mention is that I need to ensure that I

find the fsType *before* I find the next FontName.

found_fontname = False
font_search = '/FontName /ACaslonPro-Semibold'
type_search = '/FSType 8'
for line in file('foo.txt'):
if font_search in line:
if found_fontname:
print "Uh, oh!"
else:
found_fontname = True
if found_fontname and type_search in line:
print 'doing something with %s' % line
# reset to look for font_search
found_fontname = False

and look for it to report "Uh, oh!" where it has found another
"/FontName /ACaslonPro-Semibold".

You can reduce your font_search to just '/FontName' if that's all
you care about, or if you just want any '/FontName' inside an
'/ACaslonPro-SemiBold' block, you can tweak it to be something like

for line in file('foo.txt'):
if found_fontname and '/FontName' in line:
print "Uh, oh!"
if font_search in line:
found_fontname = True

-tkc

[Simon Forman]

robinsiebler wrote:

The other thing I failed to mention is that I need to ensure that I
find the fsType *before* I find the next FontName.

Given these requirements, I'd formulate the script something like this:
f = open(filename)

NUM_LINES_BETWEEN = 7

Fo = '/FontName /ACaslonPro-Semibold'
FS = '/FSType 8'
def checkfile(f):
# Get a (index, line) generator on the file.
G = enumerate(f)

for i, line in G:

# make sure we don't find a FSType
if FS in line:
print 'Found FSType without FontName %i' % i
return False

# Look for FontName.
if Fo in line:
print 'Found FontName at line %i' % i

try:

# Check the next 7 lines for NO FSType
# and NO FontName
n = NUM_LINES_BETWEEN
while n:
i, line = G.next()

if FS in line:
print 'Found FSType prematurely at %i' % i
return False

if Fo in line:
print "Found '%s' before '%s' at %i" % \
(Fo, FS, i)
return False
n =- 1

# Make sure there's a FSType.
i, line = G.next()

if FS in line:
print 'Found FSType at %i' % i

elif Fo in line:
print "Found '%s' instead of '%s' at %i" % \
(Fo, FS, i)
return False

else:
print 'FSType not found at %i' % i
return False

except StopIteration:
print 'File ended before FSType found.'
return False

return True
if checkfile(f):
# File passes...
pass
Be sure to close your file object when you're done with it. And you
might want fewer or different print statements.

HTH

Peace,
~Simon