quebra_dados.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

import random

def quebra(dados, espacos = 0, tamanho = 79):
    saida = ['']
    limite = tamanho - espacos
    for d in dados:
        r = '\'\\"\'' if d == '"' else repr(d)
        if len(saida[-1]) + len(r) > limite:
            saida[-1] = ' ' * espacos + '"' + saida[-1] + '"'
            saida.append(r[1:-1])
        else:
            saida[-1] += r[1:-1]
    saida[-1] = ' ' * espacos + '"' + saida[-1] + '"'
    return saida


x = ''.join(chr(random.randint(0, 255)) for i in range(1000))

print repr(x)

print '\n'.join(quebra(x, 16))