removelines

A simple little Python3 script that removes lines from multiple files that include a matching string.

Use case

This is particularly useful if you have many config files that each need many variables removing from them.

How to use

1. Set path. Default is current working directory.
2. Add your removal strings to to-remove, one per line.
3. Run! removelines will remove lines from all the files in the path and below that include your removal strings.

This is not a reversible action, so consider testing before doing it for real. Lots of print statements have been left in; messy but allows you some idea on what it is doing.

Caveats

Not designed to be user-friendly.

Should run everywhere but tested on a Mac.