linux_introduction/generate_md.py

#!/usr/bin/python3

import re


INPUT = "readme.md"
OUTPUT = "homework/todo_template.md"
URL = "https://gitea.86thumbs.net/waldek/linux_introduction/src/branch/master/"


if __name__ == "__main__":
    with open(INPUT, "r") as fp:
        src = []
        for line in fp.readlines():
            src.append(line)
        data = []
        for nr, line in zip(range(0, len(src)), src):
            stripped = line.strip()
            stripped = stripped.replace("*", "")
            stripped = stripped.strip()
            if "====" in line:
                data.append("# {}".format(src[nr - 1]))
            if "(./" in stripped:
                topic = stripped[stripped.find("[")+1:stripped.find("]")]
                url = stripped.replace("(./", "({}".format(URL))
                url = re.sub("\[.*\]", "[Link]", url)
                url = " * {} to course documentation".format(url)
                header = "## {}".format(topic)
                notes = "### Student notes:"
                
                data.append(header)
                data.append(url)
                data.append(notes)
                data.append("TODO")

    with open(OUTPUT, "w") as fp:
        for line in data:
            fp.write("{}\n\n".format(line))