Modify the prefixed timestamp string in the final output file

Author: anshulkhare7

data-transform/mergeTxtFiles.py

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+import argparse
+import os
+import re
+
+
+def time_to_seconds(time_str):
+    h, m, s = map(int, time_str.split(':'))
+    return h * 3600 + m * 60 + s
+
+def merge_txt_files(folder_path):
+    output_file = os.path.join(folder_path, 'output.txt')
+    
+    with open(output_file, 'w') as outfile:
+        # Sort files to ensure consistent ordering
+        files = sorted([f for f in os.listdir(folder_path) if f.endswith(".txt") and f != 'output.txt'])
+        
+        for index, filename in enumerate(files, start=1):
+            file_path = os.path.join(folder_path, filename)
+            with open(file_path, 'r') as infile:
+                for line in infile:
+                    # Extract timestamp
+                    match = re.match(r'\[(\d{2}:\d{2}:\d{2})\](.*)', line)
+                    if match:
+                        time_str, content = match.groups()
+                        seconds = time_to_seconds(time_str)
+                        # Write the modified line
+                        outfile.write(f"{index}-[{seconds}]{content.strip()}\n")
+    
+    print(f"All text files merged into {output_file}")
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Merge all text files in the folder into output.txt")
+    parser.add_argument('folder_path', type=str, help='Path to the folder containing the text files')
+    
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+    merge_txt_files(args.folder_path)