import sys page_start_delimiters = ["The Great Gatsby", "Free eBooks at Planet eBook.com"] chapter_number = 0 pages = [] current_page = "" page_number = 0 with open(sys.argv[1]) as f: text = f.readlines() for line in text: line = line.strip() # Check if the line matches any of the chapter delimiters if "chapter" in line.lower(): # If so, increment the chapter number chapter_number += 1 continue # Check if the line matches any of the start delimiters if any(start in line for start in page_start_delimiters): # If so, append the current page to the list of pages and start a new page if current_page: page_number += 1 pages.append({ "chapter": chapter_number, "page": current_page, "page_number": page_number }) current_page = "" continue # Append the current line to the current page current_page += line + "\n" # Append the final page if there is any remaining text if current_page: page_number += 1 pages.append({ "chapter": chapter_number, "page": current_page, "page_number": page_number }) # Print the resulting pages for i, page in enumerate(pages[:5]): print(f"Chapter {page['chapter']}, Page {page['page_number']}:\n{page['page'][0:100]}...\n...{page['page'][-100:]}") print("-" * 80) # dump the pages array into a json file import json with open('pages.json', 'w') as f: json.dump(pages, f)