A python script which anonymizes email addresses in all files in current directory and sub-directories.

anonymize-emails.py

# A python script which anonymizes email addresses in all files in current directory and sub-directories.
# e.g. A file with the following contents:

# [email protected]
# Sid Phn#- 6385833322
# [email protected]
# [email protected]
# [email protected]

# Would change to:

# [email protected]
# Sid Phn#- 6385833322
# [email protected]
# [email protected]
# [email protected]

import os
import re
from os.path import join, getsize, isfile

def main():

    for root, dirs, files in os.walk('.'):
        for filename in files:
            if not filename.startswith('.'):
                filename = join(root, filename)
                myfile = open(filename, 'r')
                content = myfile.read()
                content = re.sub(r'.+(?=@.+\.(.+))', "xxxx", content)
                myfile = open(filename, 'w')
                myfile.write(content)   
                myfile.close()               

# Call the main function.
main()