cataclysm-dda script to search for substring in recipes

mtl.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
# a horrible way to use python

import subprocess  # new in version 3.5! get it nao!
import sys
import json

grepthis = 'metal_tank_little'
command ='grep -R ' + grepthis + ' * | cut -d: -f1 | uniq'

proc = subprocess.run(command, shell=True, stdout = subprocess.PIPE)

files = proc.stdout.decode(sys.getfilesystemencoding()).split()

#recipefiles = list(filter(lambda l: l.startswith('json/recipes'), files))
recipefiles = [f for f in files if 'recipes' in f]

for recipefile in recipefiles:
    with open(recipefile, 'r') as fd:
        items = json.load(fd)

    for item in items:
        for component in item['components']:
            for name, quantity in component:
                if name == grepthis:
                    print(recipefile, item['result'])

Run this drom the data directory.