dash/contrib/filter-lcov.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3

import argparse

parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Remove the coverage data from a tracefile for all files matching the pattern.')
parser.add_argument('--pattern', '-p', action='append', help='the pattern of files to remove', required=True)
parser.add_argument('tracefile', help='the tracefile to remove the coverage data from')
parser.add_argument('outfile', help='filename for the output to be written to')

args = parser.parse_args()
tracefile = args.tracefile
pattern = args.pattern
outfile = args.outfile

in_remove = False
with open(tracefile, 'r', encoding="utf8") as f:
    with open(outfile, 'w', encoding="utf8") as wf:
        for line in f:
            for p in pattern:
                if line.startswith("SF:") and p in line:
                    in_remove = True
            if not in_remove:
                wf.write(line)
            if line == 'end_of_record\n':
                in_remove = False