import re import subprocess rawfilename="00CFDmoves.txt" fi=open(rawfilename,'r') regex=re.compile(r".*[Cc]ategory:(?P<oldcat>.*) to [Cc]ategory:(?P<newcat>.*)$") cfdregex=re.compile(r".*Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/(?P<dat>.*)$") #CFDbase="-summary:\"Wikipedia:Categories for deletion/Working\": " CFDbase="-summary:\"CFD Speedy moves\": " for line in fi: cfdd=cfdregex.findall(line) if cfdd: print CFDbase="-summary:\"Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/"+cfdd[0]+"\"" print "******* SETTING CFD page to: Wikipedia:Categories for deletion/Log/" + cfdd[0] print print m=regex.findall(line) if m: oldcat= m[0][0] newcat =m[0][1] print "MOVING <"+oldcat+"> -> <"+newcat+">" fromarg="-from:"+str(oldcat) toarg="-to:"+str(newcat) summary = CFDbase + ":" + oldcat +" -> " + newcat l=["python","category.py","-putthrottle:2", "-batch",summary, "move", fromarg, toarg] subprocess.call(l) fromarg2=fromarg.replace(" ","_") l=["python","category.py", "-putthrottle:2","-batch", summary, "move", fromarg2, toarg] subprocess.call(l) fi.close()