import os

def extract_content(filename):
    start_extracting = False
    extracted_content = []

    count = 0
    with open(filename, 'r') as file:
        for line in file:
            if count < 3:
                if line.strip() == '********************************************************************************':
                    start_extracting = True
                    count += 1

                if start_extracting:
                    extracted_content.append(line)

    return ''.join(extracted_content)

def save_extracted_content(input_directory, output_directory):
    # Create the output directory if it doesn't exist
    os.makedirs(output_directory, exist_ok=True)

    # List all files in the input directory
    input_files = os.listdir(input_directory)

    for filename in input_files:
        # Construct the full paths for input and output files
        input_file_path = os.path.join(input_directory, filename)
        output_file_path = os.path.join(output_directory, filename)

        # Extract content from the input file
        extracted_text = extract_content(input_file_path)
        print(len(extracted_text))

        # Save the extracted content to the output file
        with open(output_file_path, 'w') as output_file:
            output_file.write(extracted_text)

if __name__ == "__main__":
    input_directory = 'comments_mars'  # Replace with the directory containing your input text files
    output_directory = 'setup_mars'  # Replace with the directory where you want to save the extracted content

    save_extracted_content(input_directory, output_directory)