starting Python IDLE from command line to edit scripts

Question

I\'ve tried many variations of this command: idle.py -e filepath, but it simply starts IDLE like normal, not opening any extra windows for editing, and not thro

Answer 1

you can just program in Python to edit your Python files. A simple example. say you want to search for a word and then replace it with something else.

import fileinput
import os
os.chdir( os.path.join("c:\\","path") )
for file in os.listdir("."):
    for line in fileinput.input(file,inplace=0):
       if "search word" in line :
           line=line.replace("search word","new word")
           print line

(use inplace=1 to do in place editing.). Then save and run the script as normal Python script using the interpreter.