badges/list_reorder.py

from os import remove
import sys

def chunk(thelist, chunksize):
    # do chunking
    ret = list()
    for i in range(0,len(thelist),chunksize):
        ret.append(thelist[i:i+chunksize])
    return ret

def filetolist(path):
    lines = list()
    with open(path) as f:
        line = f.readline()
        while line:
            lines.append(line)
            line = f.readline()
    return lines

def main():
    if len(sys.argv) < 4:
        print("error")
    lines = filetolist(sys.argv[1])
    secrets = filetolist(sys.argv[3])
    #  lines = ["\#\#\#\#\#,{},\#\#\#\#\#\n".format(secrets.pop(0)[0:-2])] + lines
    # add padding
    chunksize = 4
    for _ in range((chunksize - len(lines) % chunksize) % chunksize):
        lines.append("\#\#\#,{},\#\#\#\n".format(secrets.pop(0)[0:-2]))
    ret = list()
    for c in chunk(lines, chunksize):
        ret.append(c)
        ret.append([c[1], c[0], c[3], c[2]])
    with open(sys.argv[2],'w+') as f:
        for c in ret:
            for l in c:
                f.write(l)

    with open(sys.argv[3],'w+') as f:
        for s in secrets:
            f.write(s)

if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()