import sys import re with open(sys.argv[1], 'r') as infile: content = infile.read() # Replace _string_ with html html_head = '' content = re.sub(r'_([a-zA-Z\-]+)_', html_head+r'\1'+html_tail, content) # Replace vowel-dash-vowel with vowels with macrons content = content.replace('A-A', 'Ā') content = content.replace('a-a', 'ā') content = content.replace('E-E', 'Ē') content = content.replace('e-e', 'ē') content = content.replace('I-I', 'Ī') content = content.replace('i-i', 'ī') content = content.replace('O-O', 'Ō') content = content.replace('o-o', 'ō') content = content.replace('U-U', 'Ū') content = content.replace('u-u', 'ū') with open(sys.argv[1] + '.html', 'w+') as outfile: outfile.write(content)