Added blank line remover script for text files

text-scripts/blank-lines-remove.py

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+#!/usr/bin/python3
+
+# A script to parse all text files in a directory and remove blank lines
+# Copyright (C) 2022 Louis Lacoste
+
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+import argparse
+from pathlib import Path
+
+parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+parser.add_argument("directory", metavar="DIRECTORY", help="The directory in where are stored the text files")
+
+args = parser.parse_args()
+
+path = Path(args.directory)
+textFiles = list(path.glob("*.txt"))
+print(textFiles)
+
+for textFile in textFiles:
+    if textFile.exists() and not textFile.is_dir():
+        fileContentString = ""
+        fileContentList = []
+        with textFile.open(encoding="utf8") as currentTextFile:
+            fileContentString = currentTextFile.read()
+        fileContentList = [line for line in fileContentString.split('\n') if line.strip()]
+        print(fileContentString)
+        print(fileContentList)
+        with textFile.with_name(textFile.name+"noemptylines").open(mode="w", encoding="utf8") as currentTextFile:
+            for line in fileContentList:
+                currentTextFile.write(f"{line}\n")