file_handler

Functions for file input/output handling

This module can be called from mdtools via the shortcut fh:

import mdtools as mdt
mdt.fh  # instead of mdt.file_handler

Functions

backup	Backup a file by renaming it.
cd_up	Move n steps upwards in the directory tree.
header_str	Create a standard header string for text files.
indent	Indent a text by a given amount.
load_dtrj	Load a discrete trajectory from file.
save_dtrj	Save a discrete trajectory to file.
savetxt	Save an array to a text file.
savetxt_matrix	Save a data matrix to a text file.
str2bool	Convert a string to a boolean value.
str2none_or_type	Convert a string to the NoneType None or to a given type.
tail	Read the last n lines from a file.
write_header	Write the standard MDTools header to file.
write_matrix_block	Save a data matrix as block to a text file.
xopen	Open a (compressed) file and return a corresponding file-like object.