The AI prompt to generate this program was:
write a python program that finds all the files referenced in a .tex (LaTeX) file in the current directory. then, it outputs two list of files:
- those referenced from the .tex (including images, PDF, cls, bib, etc.)
- those not referenced from the .tex
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| #Check dependencies of .tex file in current directory. | |
| #https://chat.openai.com/share/a90ed0e5-56c3-4f25-8519-9a8a8efec380 | |
| import os | |
| import re | |
| import sys | |
| # Regex pattern to match common file referencing commands in LaTeX | |
| # You might need to add more patterns to catch all possible references | |
| pattern = re.compile(r"\\(?:includegraphics|include|input|bibliography|documentclass)\s*\[?.*?\]?{(.*?)}") | |
| # Get the list of all files in the current directory | |
| all_files = os.listdir('.') | |
| # Lists to hold the referenced and non-referenced files | |
| referenced_files = [] | |
| non_referenced_files = [] | |
| # Ensure there's a .tex file to proceed | |
| if len(sys.argv)>1: | |
| tex_file = sys.argv[1] | |
| print('loading '+tex_file) | |
| with open(tex_file, 'r') as file: | |
| content = file.read() | |
| # Find all files referenced in the .tex file | |
| matches = re.findall(pattern, content) | |
| # Files can be referenced without their extension in LaTeX | |
| # So, we'll check for references with common extensions too | |
| extensions = ['.tex', '.jpg', '.png', '.pdf', '.cls', '.bib'] | |
| for match in matches: | |
| # If the matched file has an extension, directly add to the referenced_files list | |
| if '.' in match: | |
| if match in all_files: | |
| referenced_files.append(match) | |
| # If not, append each extension and check if the file exists | |
| else: | |
| for ext in extensions: | |
| temp_match = match + ext | |
| if temp_match in all_files: | |
| referenced_files.append(temp_match) | |
| # Files not referenced from the .tex | |
| non_referenced_files = list(set(all_files) - set(referenced_files)) | |
| else: | |
| print("No .tex given.") | |
| # Output the results | |
| print('Referenced Files:') | |
| print('-----------------') | |
| for file in referenced_files: | |
| print(file) | |
| print('\nNon-Referenced Files:') | |
| print('---------------------') | |
| for file in non_referenced_files: | |
| print(file) | |