This program finds the last heat of formation in all GAMESS log files for semiempirical geometry optimizations

readv2.py

"""
type "python readv2.py *.log" to use
This program finds the last heat of formation in all GAMESS log files
for semiempirical geometry optimizations
"""

import sys

for filename in sys.argv[1:]:

    for line in reversed(open(filename,'r').readlines()):
        words = line.split() # split line into words
        if len(words) < 1:
            continue
        if words[0] == 'HEAT':
            heat = words[-2]
            print filename, heat
            break