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#!/usr/bin/python
# Easy script v1.0 , Coded by Pierre Hallsten SVO
#  Use as you wish!!

import os
import shutil
import fnmatch

'''

This script will read all your AAVSO report textfiles and glue them
together into one file named _mall.txt.
For easy upload to AAVSO

1/ Copy this script and all your report files to whatever dir
2/ Create a subdir namnes res
3/ Copy your header file to res and rename it mall.txt
4/ Run this script from the dir with this script and the AAVSO...text batch  

Script will output a new file (_mall.txt) with all your reports glued into one.

You can easily extend or modify script to whatever you need   

The header file i use is:

#TYPE=EXTENDED
#OBSCODE=HPIA
#SOFTWARE=VPhot 3.1
#DELIM=,
#DATE=JD
#OBSTYPE=CCD
#NAME,DATE,MAG,MERR,FILT,TRANS,MTYPE,CNAME,CMAG,KNAME,KMAG,AMASS,GROUP,CHART,NOTES

If you have more or fewer lines in your header file you have to change :

offset_end=8 to how many lines your header has -1. 
 
'''
offset_start=1
offset_end=8

#print "Python is really a great language,", "isn't it?";

shutil.copy2('res/mall.txt', 'res/_mall.txt')	
dir = os.getcwd()
allfiles = os.listdir(dir)
print allfiles


out = open("res/_mall.txt", "a+") #read and append

for file in os.listdir('.'):
	if fnmatch.fnmatch(file, '*.txt'):
		fo = open(file, "r",-1)
		fo.seek(0)
		for x in xrange(offset_start,offset_end): #skip header lines in files
			fo.readline()
		lines=fo.readlines()
		out.writelines(lines)
		fo.close() 
out.close()
		
print "done"