From 10e31e489a402ef6084ed3c3439e57d40629ef39 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Philip Eisenlohr <eisenlohr@egr.msu.edu>
Date: Sun, 24 Apr 2016 13:06:37 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] new script to add arbitrary lines to ASCIItable header

---
 processing/post/addInfo.py | 56 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 56 insertions(+)
 create mode 100755 processing/post/addInfo.py

diff --git a/processing/post/addInfo.py b/processing/post/addInfo.py
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..5d48c25df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/processing/post/addInfo.py
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# -*- coding: UTF-8 no BOM -*-
+
+import os
+from optparse import OptionParser
+import damask
+
+scriptName = os.path.splitext(os.path.basename(__file__))[0]
+scriptID   = ' '.join([scriptName,damask.version])
+
+
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------
+#                                MAIN
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+parser = OptionParser(option_class=damask.extendableOption, usage='%prog options file[s]', description = """
+Add info lines to ASCIItable header.
+
+""", version = scriptID)
+
+parser.add_option('-i',
+                  '--info',
+                  dest = 'info', action = 'extend', metavar = '<string LIST>',
+                  help    = 'items to add')
+
+parser.set_defaults(info = [],
+                   )
+
+(options,filenames) = parser.parse_args()
+
+# --- loop over input files ------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+if filenames == []: filenames = [None]
+
+for name in filenames:
+  try:    table = damask.ASCIItable(name = name,
+                                    buffered = False)
+  except: continue
+  damask.util.report(scriptName,name)
+
+# ------------------------------------------ assemble header ---------------------------------------
+
+  table.head_read()
+  table.info_append(options.info)
+  table.head_write()
+
+# ------------------------------------------ pass through data -------------------------------------
+
+  outputAlive = True
+
+  while outputAlive and table.data_read():                                                          # read next data line of ASCII table
+    outputAlive = table.data_write()                                                                # output processed line
+
+# ------------------------------------------ output finalization -----------------------------------
+
+  table.close()                                                                                     # close ASCII tables