script to empty tie points in images.txt

scripts/prepare_images_for_triangulator.py

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+import os
+import argparse
+from pathlib import Path
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+    parser.add_argument('-i', '--images_txt', type=Path, required=True)
+    parser.add_argument('-o', '--output_dir', type=Path, required=True)
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    input_file = args.images_txt
+    output_file = args.output_dir / "images.txt"
+
+    if os.path.exists(output_file):
+        print(f"Output directory {args.output_dir} already exists. Exiting.")
+        quit()
+
+    with open(input_file, 'r') as f, open(output_file, 'w') as out_f:
+        lines = f.readlines()
+        c = 0
+        for line in lines:
+            if line.startswith("#"):
+                continue
+            if c % 2 == 0:
+                out_f.write(line)
+            else:
+                out_f.write("\n")
+            c += 1