Python to search keyword starts with and Replace in file

Question

I have file1.txt which has below contents

if [ "x${GRUB_DEVICE_UUID}" = "x" ] || [ "x${GRUB_DISABLE_LINUX_UUID}" = "xtrue" ] \
   || ! test -e "/dev/disk/by-uuid/${GRUB_DEVICE_UUID}" \
   || uses_abstraction "${GRUB_DEVICE}" lvm; then
   LINUX_ROOT_DEVICE=${GRUB_DEVICE}
else
   LINUX_ROOT_DEVICE=UUID=${GRUB_DEVICE_UUID}
fi

GRUBFS="`${grub_probe} --device ${GRUB_DEVICE} --target=fs 2>/dev/null || true`"
Linux_CMDLINE="nowatchdog rcupdate.rcu_cpu_stall_suppress=1"

I want to find string starts with Linux_CMDLINE=" and replace that line with Linux_CMDLINE=""

I tried below code and it is not working. Also I am thinking it is not best way to implement. Is there any easy method to achieve this?

with open ('/etc/grub.d/42_sgi', 'r') as f:
    newlines = []
    for line in f.readlines():
        if line.startswith('Linux_CMDLINE=\"'):
            newlines.append("Linux_CMDLINE=\"\"")
        else:
            newlines.append(line)

with open ('/etc/grub.d/42_sgi', 'w') as f:
    for line in newlines:
        f.write(line)

output expected:

 if [ "x${GRUB_DEVICE_UUID}" = "x" ] || [ "x${GRUB_DISABLE_LINUX_UUID}" = "xtrue" ] \
   || ! test -e "/dev/disk/by-uuid/${GRUB_DEVICE_UUID}" \
   || uses_abstraction "${GRUB_DEVICE}" lvm; then
   LINUX_ROOT_DEVICE=${GRUB_DEVICE}
else
   LINUX_ROOT_DEVICE=UUID=${GRUB_DEVICE_UUID}
fi

GRUBFS="`${grub_probe} --device ${GRUB_DEVICE} --target=fs 2>/dev/null || true`"
Linux_CMDLINE=""

there's a missing colon for `else` – Van Peer Oct 11 '17 at 14:40 — Van Peer, Oct 11 '17 at 14:40

A Magoon · Answer 1 · 2017-10-11T14:48:56.710

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repl = 'Linux_CMDLINE=""'

with open ('/etc/grub.d/42_sgi', 'r') as f:
    newlines = []
    for line in f.readlines():
        if line.startswith('Linux_CMDLINE='):
            line = repl
        newlines.append(line)

edited Oct 11 '17 at 14:48

answered Oct 11 '17 at 14:42

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Anton vBR · Answer 2 · 2017-10-11T15:40:17.180

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Minimal code thanks to open file for both reading and writing?

# Read and write (r+)
with open("file.txt","r+") as f:
    find = r'Linux_CMDLINE="'
    changeto = r'Linux_CMDLINE=""'
    # splitlines to list and glue them back with join
    newstring = ''.join([i if not i.startswith(find) else changeto for i in f])
    f.seek(0)
    f.write(newstring)
    f.truncate()

edited Oct 11 '17 at 15:40

answered Oct 11 '17 at 14:49

Anton vBR

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Python to search keyword starts with and Replace in file

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