Merging OSM files

merge.py

import os

#get List of files
def getFiles(fldr):
    files = os.listdir(fldr)
    return [os.path.join(fldr, f) for  f  in files]

def getFileContents(file):
    lines = []
    with open(file, 'r') as inpFile:
        for l in inpFile:
            if(not l.startswith("<?xml") and not l.startswith("<osm") and not l.startswith('</osm')):
                lines.append(l)
    return lines

#output file
outPut_path = 'merged.osm'
inputFiles = getFiles('osm_parts')

idx = 0

with open(outPut_path, 'w') as outFile:
    outFile.write('<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <osm version="0.5" generator="shp-to-osm 0.7">')
    for f in inputFiles:
        idx +=1
        lines = getFileContents(f)
        outFile.writelines(lines)
        print(idx)
    outFile.write('</osm>')