# create a file named index.html
# and insert links to every html file in the
# directory that was passed as a command line argument
import sys
import os
from pathlib import Path
# check if the user supplied the correct number of command line arguments
if len(sys.argv) != 2:
print("Usage: python index.py htmlfilesdirectory")
sys.exit(1)
# set the directory from the command line argument
dir = sys.argv[1]
# create a file named index.html inside the directory that was passed as a command line argument
outfile = open(dir + "/index.html", "w")
#write a tag to the file
outfile.write("")
# insert links to every html file in the
# directory that was passed as a command line argument
# Files that start with "page" should be the first ones in the list
for file in sorted(os.listdir(dir)):
if file.endswith(".html"):
# skip index.html
if file == "index.html":
continue
# write the link to the html file
# extract the text inside the title tag in the html file as a string
title = Path(dir + "/" + file).read_text().split("")[1].split("")[0]
# write the link to the html file. The link text should be the text inside the title tag
# and the link should be relative to the index.html file (same directory)
outfile.write("" + title + "
")
# close the file
#write a tag to the file
outfile.write("")
outfile.close