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Sort proprietary-files.txt
# Get the file path from the user
file_path = input("Enter the path to the file: ")
# Read the file and store the lines in a list
with open(file_path, 'r') as file:
lines = file.readlines()
# Initialize a dictionary to store libraries under each heading
libs_by_heading = {}
current_heading = None
# Iterate over the lines and categorize them under each heading
for line in lines:
line = line.strip()
if line.startswith('#'):
current_heading = line[1:].strip()
libs_by_heading[current_heading] = []
elif current_heading:
libs_by_heading[current_heading].append(line)
# Sort the libraries under each heading
for heading in libs_by_heading:
libs_by_heading[heading] = sorted(libs_by_heading[heading])
# Write the sorted libraries back to the file
with open(file_path, 'w') as file:
for heading, libs in libs_by_heading.items():
file.write(f'# {heading}')
for lib in libs:
file.write(f'{lib}\n')
file.write('\n') # Add an empty line after each heading's libraries
print("Libraries sorted and written back to the file.")
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