pml2txt

#!/usr/bin/env python3
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
# Filename: pml2txt.py
# Version: 1.0.0
# Author: Jeoi Reqi

"""
This script converts a Process Monitor Log (PML) file (.pml) to a text file (.txt). It reads the content of the .pml file and writes it to a .txt file.

Usage:
- Ensure Python 3.x is installed on your system.
- Save the pml2txt.py script to a directory of your choice.
- Open a terminal or command prompt.
- Navigate to the directory where the pml2txt.py script is saved.
- Run the script using the following command:  'python pml2txt.py'
- After successful execution, a .txt file with the same name as the input .pml file will be created in the same directory.

Requirements:
- Python 3.x

"""

import os

def convert_pml_to_txt(pml_file):
    """
    Converts a Process Monitor Log (PML) file (.pml) to a text file (.txt).

    Args:
    - pml_file (str): Path to the input .pml file.

    Returns:
    - None

    """
    # Define the output file path
    txt_file = os.path.splitext(pml_file)[0] + '.txt'

    # Read the content of the .pml file using 'latin1' encoding
    with open(pml_file, 'r', encoding='latin1') as pml:
        pml_content = pml.read()

    # Write the content to a .txt file
    with open(txt_file, 'w', encoding='utf-8') as txt:
        txt.write(pml_content)

# Example usage: Convert 'demo.pml' to .txt
convert_pml_to_txt('demo.pml') # Replace 'demo' with your filename.