Perl To Python Migration

Chapter 11. FILE MANIPULATION

Processing information is one of Perl's major strengths – it's easy to read in, split, identify, and summarize information largely because Perl was designed entirely with this process in mind. Because we can use split(), join(), hashes, and regular expressions we have access to a powerful toolkit for interpreting just about any text file. For manipulating file systems – including permissions and ownership – Perl also has strong built-in facilities, although many of them are Unix-related.

Although Python does not have these abilities built-in, it does come with modules that provide you with basic string handling (string), regular expressions (re), and powerful facilities with basic string, list, and dictionary manipulation. ...