#------------------------------------------------------------------------------- # log_cleaner # 22/03/2022 # tool script used to remove unwanted lines from log files # # usage ex: python log_cleaner.py file pattern #------------------------------------------------------------------------------- import sys import re import io def main(): input_file = io.open(sys.argv[1], "r", encoding="utf-8") output_file = io.open("new_" + sys.argv[1], "w", encoding="utf-8") pattern = sys.argv[2] p = re.compile(r".*" + pattern + r".*") for line in input_file: val = re.search(p, line) if val: pass else: output_file.write(line) output_file.close() input_file.close() if __name__ == "__main__": main()