update script to remove headers

generateIndex.py

+
+import os, re
+
+def line_prepender(filename, line):
+    with open(filename, 'r+') as f:
+        content = f.read()
+        f.seek(0, 0)
+        f.write(line.rstrip('\r\n') + '\n' + content)
+
+def remove_header(localroot, root, filename, n=5):
+    nfirstlines = []
+
+    #cwd = os.getcwd()
+
+    os.chdir(localroot)
+    #print("Local root folder:" + os.getcwd())
+
+    os.chdir(root)
+    #print("Local folder:" + os.getcwd())
+
+    # count the number of lines
+    count = 0
+    headerCheck = False
+    with open(filename, 'r') as f:
+        for line in f:
+            count += 1
+
+            # check if the header is actually a header
+            if (count == 0 or count == n) and line[0:3] == "---":
+                print("existing header detected: " + line[0:2] )
+                headerCheck = True
+
+    # remove the header
+    if count > n and headerCheck:
+        with open(filename) as f, open("tmp"+filename, "w") as out:
+            for _ in range(n):
+                nfirstlines.append(next(f))
+            for line in f:
+                out.write(line)
+
+        os.remove(filename)
+        os.rename("tmp"+filename, filename)
+        print("Header removed: " + filename)
+
+    # change back to the local root
+    os.chdir(localroot)
+    #print("exit folder:" + os.getcwd())
+
+# loop through the entire internal tree
+folder = "external"
+localroot = os.getcwd()
+for root, dirs, files in os.walk(folder):
+    for file in files:
+        if file.endswith(".md"):
+            fileName = os.path.join(root, file)
+            #ignore subsections
+            if file[0] != "_":
+                #print(localroot)
+                print("root: " + root + " file: " + file)
+                # remove the previous header
+                remove_header(localroot, root, file, 8)
+
+                # generate a permalink
+                permalink = "/" + root + "/"
+
+                # generate the shortcut
+                shortcut = re.sub(folder, '', root)
+
+                # remove the first /
+                shortcut = shortcut[1:]
+
+                shortcut = re.sub('/', ':', shortcut)
+
+                header = "---\n"
+                header += "layout: page\n"
+                header += "permalink: " + permalink + "\n"
+                header += "shortcut: " + shortcut + "\n"
+                header += "redirect_from:\n"
+                header += "  - /cards/" + shortcut + "\n"
+                header += "  - /internal/cards/" + shortcut + "\n"
+                header += "---"
+
+                #print(header)
+                line_prepender(fileName, header)