def modifyfilestring(filename, oldstring, newstring, afterkeyword,
beforekeyword, keyword, separator):
filedata = []
filestoragemod.readfiledata_plaintext(filename, filedata)
#print "text File /n" , filedata
can_modify = False
for i in range(len(filedata)):
line = filedata[i]
if afterkeyword in line:
can_modify = True
if (beforekeyword != "") and (beforekeyword in line):
can_modify = False
if (keyword in line) and (can_modify):
print " row found ------------ !!!!!!!!! ", line
if oldstring in line:
# isolate and change the string
#print " oldstring ", oldstring, " new ", newstring
filedata[i] = line.replace(oldstring, newstring)
print " new row ------------ !!!!!!!!! ", filedata[i]
filestoragemod.savefiledata_plaintext(filename, filedata)
return True
else:
print "String value not found ", oldstring
return False
def createfiletailsyslog(dstfile):
rownumber = "100"
data = tailsyslogcmd(rownumber)
if data:
filestoragemod.savefiledata_plaintext(dstfile, data)
return True
else:
print "data empty"
return False
def storemessage(message):
messagelist = []
messagelist.append(message)
filestoragemod.savefiledata_plaintext(MESSAGEFILENAME, messagelist)