#!/usr/bin/python3 import shutil infix = ': Treating channel ' path = 'channels/' threads = {} with open('nohup.out') as f: lines = f.read().splitlines() for line in lines: if infix in line: #print(line) threadId = line.split(': ')[1] channelId = line.split(infix)[1].split(' (')[0] threads[threadId] = channelId for threadId in threads: channelId = threads[threadId] print(threadId, channelId) shutil.rmtree(path + channelId)