# to import either on Python2 or Python3
import pandas as pd
from time import time # not needed just for timing
try:
from StringIO import StringIO
except ImportError:
from io import StringIO
def zgrep_data(f, string):
'''grep multiple items f is filepath, string is what you are filtering for'''
grep = 'grep' # change to zgrep for gzipped files
print('{} for {} from {}'.format(grep,string,f))
start_time = time()
if string == '':
out = subprocess.check_output([grep, string, f])
grep_data = StringIO(out)
data = pd.read_csv(grep_data, sep=',', header=0)
else:
# read only the first row to get the columns. May need to change depending on
# how the data is stored
columns = pd.read_csv(f, sep=',', nrows=1, header=None).values.tolist()[0]
out = subprocess.check_output([grep, string, f])
grep_data = StringIO(out)
data = pd.read_csv(grep_data, sep=',', names=columns, header=None)
print('{} finished for {} - {} seconds'.format(grep,f,time()-start_time))
return data