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# wordcount00 - 

# iterates through all Gutenberg text files in a directory
# creates a string containing a DOS command calling a C++ program 
# to count the number of words in the file, e.g.:
# C:\python20\wordcount0>wordcount0.exe adieu10.txt >adieu10count.txt
# and then executes this command from Python
#=================================================================

import re, sys, string, glob, os.path, os

def make_wordcounts(text_dir,wordlist_dir):
    # get all the files in the directory
    program = "c:\\python20\\wordcount0.exe"
    allfiles = text_dir + '*.*'
    fileset = glob.glob(allfiles)
    # iterate over each file, create a dos command, execute it
    for text in fileset:
        pathsplit = os.path.split(text)
        filename = pathsplit[1]
        wordlist = wordlist_dir + filename
        cmd = "%s %s >%s" % (program,text,wordlist)
        print cmd
        os.system(cmd)


#----------------------------------------------------------------------
# main program:

if __name__ == "__main__":
   if len(sys.argv) != 3:
      #print "Usage: ", sys.argv[0], "directory"
      text_dir  = "c:\\Balzac\\balzacbooksnofront\\"
      wordcount_dir = "c:\\Balzac\\balzacbooksnofront\\wordcounts\\"
      wordcounts = make_wordcounts(text_dir,wordcount_dir)
   else:
      text_dir  = sys.argv[1] 
      wordcount_dir = sys.argv[2] 
      wordcounts = make_wordcounts(text_dir,wordcount_dir)