Reading and Writing Text Homework 1

For this homework I wanted to mashup 3 Charles Bukowski programs and make them adorable. I started with 3 poems: Death wants more Death, The Riot, and Two Kinds of Hell.

I started with

cat deathwantsmoredeath.txt theriot.txt twokindsofhell.txt

This is how I combined multiple files.

I ran python hwfeb05.py <charles#.txt>charles#.txt with the pound being increasing numbers from 0-5

This is the code for hwfeb05.py this code divides the poem in half
[cc lang=”python”]
import sys

count = 0

for line in sys.stdin:

line = line.strip()

if count % 2 == 0:

output = line

else:

output = “”

print output

count += 1
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Then I ran python  hwfeb05replace.py< charles5.txt>charlesreplace.txt

Here is  the code for hwfeb05replace.py. This replace code is what looks for the words I want to make adorable.
[cc lang=”python”]]
import sys

for line in sys.stdin:
line = line.strip()
line = line.replace(‘death’, ‘pandas’)
line = line.replace(‘corpses’, ‘puppies’)
line = line.replace(‘corpse’, ‘puppy’)
line = line.replace(‘drink’, ‘hug’)
line = line.replace(‘dark’, ‘puppy-eyed’)
line = line.replace(‘drinks’, ‘hugs’)
line = line.replace(‘ladies’, ‘unicorns’)
line = line.replace(‘lady’, ‘unicorn’)
line = line.replace(‘crime’,’party’)
line = line.replace(‘enemy’,’buddy’)
line = line.replace(‘enemies’,’buddies’)
line = line.replace(‘bar’,’playground’)
line = line.replace(‘alone’,’holding hands’)
line = line.replace(‘body’,’kitten’)
line = line.replace(‘bodies’,’kittens’)
print line

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Finally I ran python hwfeb05finder.pycharlesfinder.txt

[cc lang=”python”]
import sys
for line in sys.stdin:
line = line.strip()
offset = line.find(“pandas”)
if offset != -1:
print line
offset = line.find(“puppies”)
if offset != -1:
print line
offset = line.find(“puppy”)
if offset != -1:
print line
offset = line.find(“hug”)
if offset != -1:
print line
offset = line.find(“puppy-eyed”)
if offset != -1:
print line
offset = line.find(“hugs”)
if offset != -1:
print line
offset = line.find(“unicorns”)
if offset != -1:
print line
offset = line.find(“unicorn”)
if offset != -1:
print line
offset = line.find(“party”)
if offset != -1:
print line
offset = line.find(“buddy”)
if offset != -1:
print line
offset = line.find(“buddies”)
if offset != -1:
print line
offset = line.find(“playground”)
if offset != -1:
print line
offset = line.find(“holding hands”)
if offset != -1:
print line
offset = line.find(“kitten”)
if offset != -1:
print line
offset = line.find(“kittens”)
if offset != -1:
print line

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That gave me this output:

pandas wants more pandas, and its webs are full:

I would brush the puppies of flies

their sticky, ugly, vibrant kittens

their sticky, ugly, vibrant kittens

towards some puppy-eyed corner

towards some puppy-eyed corner

I sat in the same playground for 7 years, from 5 a.m.

I had no money but the hugs kept

I had no money but the hugs kept

to them I wasn’t the playground clown

and I began to hug holding hands and I found the company

and I began to hug holding hands and I found the company

heart, knocks began upon my door: unicorns

heart, knocks began upon my door: unicorns

and the unicorns arrived one at a time and when it ended with

and the unicorns arrived one at a time and when it ended with

but I remembered the 7 years in the playground, I hardly ever bedded

his simple strength and salvation, they will send the unicorn

and then you remember the playground

somekitten in the playground saying: “hey, sir, forget it, he’s a mental

somekitten in the playground saying: “hey, sir, forget it, he’s a mental

gods arranged to get all those unicorns knocking and you went for

gods arranged to get all those unicorns knocking and you went for

the puff of kitten swelling

looking for the buddy

saw or sensed my party

The only thing that I need to figure out now is how not to print out duplicate lines