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i'm trying to write a program to write a program to tailor putty session then launch in plink
i was using python and had

code:

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for line in open(os.path.dirname(sys.argv[0])+'/sessions/base', 'rU'):
    if "ProxyPassword" in line:
        line = line.replace("ProxyPassword\\", "ProxyPassword\\" + listy[3] + chr(92)
       
                           
    if "ProxyUsername" in line:
        line = line.replace("ProxyUsername\\",  "ProxyUsername\\" + listy[2] + chr(92)

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and the end of the second if statement is some invalid syntax. how do i avoid it?
( i tried using double slashes but the result was the same)

Don't you think you're missing right parentheses in line.replace()?

yep i just noticed that
but the main problem seems to be that python uses different line breaks to note pad and i want my file to look like this attached

but instead it looks like this:

code:

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HyperlinkRegularExpression\(((https%3F|ftp):%5C/%5C/)|www%5C.)(([0-9]+%5C.[0-9]+%5C.[0-9]+%5C.[0-9]+)|localhost|([a-zA-Z0-9%5C-]+%5C.)%2A[a-zA-Z0-9%5C-]+%5C.(com|net|org|info|biz|gov|name|edu|[a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z]))(:[0-9]+)%3F((%5C/|%5C%3F)[^%20"]%2A[^%20,;%5C.:">)])%3F\
HyperlinkRegularExpressionUseDefault\1\
HyperlinkBrowser\\
HyperlinkBrowserUseDefault\1\
HyperlinkUseCtrlClick\0\
HyperlinkUnderline\1\
SerialFlowControl\1\
SerialParity\0\
SerialStopHalfbits\2\
SerialDataBits\8\
SerialSpeed\9600\
SerialLine\COM1\
ShadowBoldOffset\1\
ShadowBold\0\
WideBoldFontHeight\0\
WideBoldFontCharSet\4749836\
WideBoldFontIsBold\4627356\
WideBoldFont\\
WideFontHeight\0\
WideFontCharSet\4627372\
WideFontIsBold\4749836\
WideFont\\
BoldFontHeight\1\
BoldFontCharSet\4749832\
BoldFontIsBold\4627372\
BoldFont\\
ScrollbarOnLeft\0\
LoginShell\1\
StampUtmp\1\
BugRekey2\0\
BugPKSessID2\0\
BugRSAPad2\0\
BugDeriveKey2\0\
BugHMAC2\0\
BugRSA1\0\
BugPlainPW1\0\
BugIgnore1\0\
PortForwardings\D7070,\
RemotePortAcceptAll\0\
LocalPortAcceptAll\0\
X11AuthType\1\
X11Display\\
X11Forward\0\
BlinkText\0\
BCE\1\
LockSize\0\
EraseToScrollback\1\
ScrollOnDisp\1\
ScrollOnKey\0\
ScrollBarFullScreen\0\
ScrollBar\1\
CapsLockCyr\0\
Printer\\
UTF8Override\1\
CJKAmbigWide\0\
LineCodePage\\
Wordness224\2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,1,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2\
Wordness192\2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,1,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2\
Wordness160\1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1\
Wordness128\1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1\
Wordness96\1,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,1,1,1,1,1\
Wordness64\1,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,1,1,1,1,2\
Wordness32\0,1,2,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,1,1,1,1,1,1\
Wordness0\0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0\
MouseOverride\1\
RectSelect\0\
MouseIsXterm\0\
PasteRTF\0\
RawCNP\0\
Colour21\255,255,255\
Colour20\187,187,187\
Colour19\85,255,255\
Colour18\0,187,187\
Colour17\255,85,255\
Colour16\187,0,187\
Colour15\85,85,255\
Colour14\0,0,187\
Colour13\255,255,85\
Colour12\187,187,0\
Colour11\85,255,85\
Colour10\0,187,0\
Colour9\255,85,85\
Colour8\187,0,0\
Colour7\85,85,85\
Colour6\0,0,0\
Colour5\0,255,0\
Colour4\0,0,0\
Colour3\85,85,85\
Colour2\0,0,0\
Colour1\255,255,255\
Colour0\187,187,187\
BoldAsColour\1\
Xterm256Colour\1\
ANSIColour\1\
TryPalette\0\
UseSystemColours\0\
FontVTMode\4\
FontQuality\0\
FontHeight\10\
FontCharSet\0\
FontIsBold\0\
Font\Courier%20New\
TermHeight\24\
TermWidth\80\
WinTitle\\
WinNameAlways\1\
DisableBidi\0\
DisableArabicShaping\0\
LFImpliesCR\0\
AutoWrapMode\1\
DECOriginMode\0\
ScrollbackLines\1000\
BellOverloadS\5000\
BellOverloadT\2000\
BellOverloadN\5\
BellOverload\1\
BellWaveFile\\
BeepInd\0\
Beep\1\
BlinkCur\0\
CurType\0\
WindowBorder\1\
SunkenEdge\0\
HideMousePtr\0\
FullScreenOnAltEnter\0\
AlwaysOnTop\0\
Answerback\PuTTY\
LocalEdit\2\
LocalEcho\2\
TelnetRet\1\
TelnetKey\0\
CtrlAltKeys\1\
ComposeKey\0\
AltOnly\0\
AltSpace\0\
AltF4\1\
WindowIcon\\
Transparency\255\
FailureReconnect\0\
WakeupReconnect\0\
TrayRestore\0\
StartTray\0\
Tray\1\
StorageType\1\
NetHackKeypad\0\
ApplicationKeypad\0\
ApplicationCursorKeys\0\
NoRemoteCharset\0\
NoDBackspace\0\
RemoteQTitleAction\1\
NoRemoteWinTitle\0\
NoAltScreen\0\
NoRemoteResize\0\
NoMouseReporting\0\
NoApplicationCursors\0\
NoApplicationKeys\0\
LinuxFunctionKeys\0\
RXVTHomeEnd\0\
BackspaceIsDelete\1\
PassiveTelnet\0\
RFCEnviron\0\
RemoteCommand\\
PublicKeyFile\\
SSH2DES\0\
SshProt\2\
SshNoShell\0\
AuthKI\1\
AuthTIS\0\
SshNoAuth\0\
RekeyBytes\1G\
RekeyTime\60\
KEX\dh-gex-sha1,dh-group14-sha1,dh-group1-sha1,WARN\
Cipher\aes,blowfish,3des,WARN,arcfour,des\
ChangeUsername\0\
AgentFwd\0\
TryAgent\1\
Compression\0\
NoPTY\0\
LocalUserName\\
UserName\\
Environment\\
ProxyTelnetCommand\connect%20%25host%20%25port%5Cn\
ProxyPassword\\
ProxyUsername\\
ProxyPort\8080\
ProxyHost\10.0.0.3\
ProxyMethod\3\
ProxyLocalhost\0\
ProxyDNS\1\
ProxyExcludeList\\
AddressFamily\0\
TerminalModes\INTR=A,QUIT=A,ERASE=A,KILL=A,EOF=A,EOL=A,EOL2=A,START=A,STOP=A,SUSP=A,DSUSP=A,REPRINT=A,WERASE=A,LNEXT=A,FLUSH=A,SWTCH=A,STATUS=A,DISCARD=A,IGNPAR=A,PARMRK=A,INPCK=A,ISTRIP=A,INLCR=A,IGNCR=A,ICRNL=A,IUCLC=A,IXON=A,IXANY=A,IXOFF=A,IMAXBEL=A,ISIG=A,ICANON=A,XCASE=A,ECHO=A,ECHOE=A,ECHOK=A,ECHONL=A,NOFLSH=A,TOSTOP=A,IEXTEN=A,ECHOCTL=A,ECHOKE=A,PENDIN=A,OPOST=A,OLCUC=A,ONLCR=A,OCRNL=A,ONOCR=A,ONLRET=A,CS7=A,CS8=A,PARENB=A,PARODD=A,\
TerminalSpeed\38400,38400\
TerminalType\xterm\
TCPKeepalives\0\
TCPNoDelay\1\
PingIntervalSecs\0\
PingInterval\0\
WarnOnClose\1\
CloseOnExit\1\
PortNumber\8080\
Protocol\ssh\
SSHLogOmitData\0\
SSHLogOmitPasswords\1\
LogFlush\1\
LogFileClash\-1\
LogType\0\
LogFileName\putty.log\
HostName\host-palace.net\
Present\1\

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so any ideas on how to get python to use the putty style line breaks instead of windows ones?
thanx  also Mnjul

You probably need \n\l rather then just \n

so if i go for example

code:

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x = x.replace("\\n", "\\n\\l")

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will that do it?

don't use \\n, use \n

ok well for example
x = "hello\neveryone"
print x

produces:
hello
eveyone

however
x = x.replace("\n", "\n\l")
print x produces:
hello
\leveryone

also, it's \l\n

also, i'm pretty sure putty just needs \n

quote:

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Originally posted by ShawnZ
also, i'm pretty sure putty just needs \n

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well why then when i open the session file in putty it just crashes, preforming an illegal operation?

and
print "hello\l\nhello"

produces:
hello\l
hello