sponsor filterer

gistfile1.py

# IE, resume_filter.py resumes.tsv 10gen mongodb mongo 
# creates 10gen.tsv, which has all participants who mentioned they were
# excited about 10gen (however they called it) and removes the last column
# (which lists companies that participants are interested in)

import fileinput
from sys import argv
sponsor_names = argv[2:]
output = file(argv[2] + ".tsv", 'w')
reading_from = fileinput.input(argv[1])
#copy over line with headers and stuff
output.write(reading_from.readline())
for line in reading_from: #argv[1]
    if any(sponsor in line or sponsor.capitalize() in line for sponsor in sponsor_names):
        #magic-ass shit that gets rid of the last column
        output.write("\t".join(line.split('\t')[:-1]) + "\n")
output.close()