Timeline.py

#!/usr/bin/env perl
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#  $Id:$
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@types = ('backline', 'frontline', 'teamlead', 'operations');
@nodes = ('node1', 'node2', 'node3', 'node6');

$no_nodes = $#nodes + 1;

printf "Building data for %d  nodes\n", $no_nodes;

#---- Rewrite ------------------------------------

foreach $type (@types) {
   $in  = sprintf("users_%s_node1.dat", $type);
   $out = sprintf("users_%s_%dnodes.dat", $type, $no_nodes);

   open IN,  "< $in";
   open OUT, "> $out";

   $_ = <IN>;
   print OUT $_;

   $cnt = 0;

   while (<IN>) {
      $idx = $cnt % $no_nodes;

      s/node1/$nodes[$idx]/;

      print OUT $_;

      $cnt++;
   }

   close IN;
   close OUT;
}

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