import sys import shutil with open(sys.argv[1] + ".output") as log_file: lines = log_file.readlines() for line in lines: if line.startswith(sys.argv[2]): pid = line.split(" ")[1].strip() shutil.copy( sys.argv[1] + "." + pid + ".fdata", sys.argv[1] + "." + sys.argv[3] + ".fdata", ) sys.exit(0) sys.exit(1)