I am doing a Makefile which I run regularly by Crontab every day at 0230
crontab -e; 30 2 * * * /bin/thePseudocode
Python-like Pseudocode
directories = ["Cardiology", "Rheumatology", "Surgery"]
for directory in directories
files = directory.files(); % not sure if such a parameter exists
files = files.match(.*tex); % trying to get only tex files; not sure if match exists
summaryFile = "";
for texFile in files
summaryFile.add( ...
textFile.match( (?s)\\begin{question}.*?\\end{question} ) ...
)
% Solution based on this thread
% Problem in writing this Regex in Perl http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/159307/to-match-only-innermost-environment-by-regex
end
end
save this `summaryFile` as /Users/Masi/Dropbox/QuestionSummary.tex
where files
is the list of all files in the directory, and summaryFile
is the file which lists all questions in all tex-files.
Those files, I want finally compile by pdflatex and read each morning by pdf-reader.
Example file which locates in the folder Rheumatology
\section{Takayasu arteritis}
\begin{question}
{You get a patient.
What do you notice first in this patient?}
Absence of peripheral pulse.
\end{question}
\begin{question}
{What was the first Takayasu case?}
Young woman in Asia with red vessels in the eye.
So special eye diagnosis done.
Affects eye.
\end{question}
Fever of unknown origin can be used when you do not know what is causing the disease.
% Show cases in MedScape and ask class.
Aneurysms.
\subsection{Treatment}
\begin{question}
{What you should always include in Takayasu treatment?
What are the symptoms?}
Blood pressure.
Aneurysms which will burst without treatment.
So blood pressure decreasing drugs like beta blockers along in combination with other drugs.
\end{question}
\begin{question}
{When is the checkup of the Takayasu arteritis?}
Only once per year.
You could expect every month like normally in this kind of diseases.
But only once per year.
\end{question}
where the output should be for all files in the folder
\section{Rheumatology}
\begin{question}
{You get a patient.
What do you notice first in this patient?}
Absence of peripheral pulse.
\end{question}
\begin{question}
{What was the first Takayasu case?}
Young woman in Asia with red vessels in the eye.
So special eye diagnosis done.
Affects eye.
\end{question}
\begin{question}
{What you should always include in Takayasu treatment?
What are the symptoms?}
Blood pressure.
Aneurysms which will burst without treatment.
So blood pressure decreasing drugs like beta blockers along in combination with other drugs.
\end{question}
\begin{question}
{When is the checkup of the Takayasu arteritis?}
Only once per year.
You could expect every month like normally in this kind of diseases.
But only once per year.
\end{question}
Makefile
all:
pdflatex /Users/Masi/Dropbox/QuestionsSummary.tex /Users/Masi/Dropbox/QuestionsSummary.pdf
pdflatex /Users/Masi/Dropbox/QuestionsSummary.tex /Users/Masi/Dropbox/QuestionsSummary.pdf % to compile a few times to be successful
pdflatex
% I am not sure if I should have some error management, since often the pdflatex crashes
% So pdflatex is not probably the right tool to go
How can you such a pseudocode in any tools preferred by you?
I like Python but would not make all by it.
Best Answer
If I understand correctly, you're looking for something like this (in
bash
):If you run that script from the directory that contains Cardiology etc, it should provide output like this: