Parse Spectramax reader data in python

FileUtilities.cs

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.IO;

namespace FileUtilities
{
    public class FileUtilities
    {

        public string getMostRecentFileInDirectory(string directory, string pattern)
        {

            //string pattern = "*.txt";
            var dirInfo = new DirectoryInfo(directory);
            string file = (from f in dirInfo.GetFiles(pattern) orderby f.LastWriteTime descending select f).First().ToString();
            return file;

        }




    }
}

readerdata.py

import re
import os, glob, time

#Directory for reader data files
dir = "C:\\VWorks Workspace\\Scripts\\readerdata\\inputs"
output="C:\\VWorks Workspace\\Scripts\\readerdata\\output"

def getLatestFileinDirectory(root):
    
    date_file_list = []
    for folder in glob.glob(root):
    
        for file in glob.glob(folder + '/*.*'):

            stats = os.stat(file)
            lastmod_date = time.localtime(stats[8])
            date_file_tuple = lastmod_date, file
            date_file_list.append(date_file_tuple)
    
    date_file_list.sort()
    date_file_list.reverse()  # newest mod date now first


    return  date_file_list[0][1]
  

def generateInputFile(input, barcode, head):
    
    file = open(input, 'r')
    readerDataInput = file.read()
    
    rd = re.search(r"\bGroup:	Unknowns	1\b[\s\S]+?(~End)", readerDataInput)
    rd =  rd.group(0).split("\n")

    outputpath = output + "\\test.csv"
    
    f = open(outputpath, 'a')
    
    if head == 1:
        line = rd[1].split("\t")
        line.insert(0, "Plate id")
        f.write( ",".join(line) + "\n")
        
    for i in range(2,98):
        line = rd[i].split("\t")
        line.insert(0, barcode)
        
        #f.write(str(line) + "\n")
        f.write( ",".join(line) + "\n")

    
    f.close()    
    

#ip = getLatestFileinDirectory(dir)

#print ip
#generateInputFile(ip, "2ewbc", 2)