meta_bash.py

import glob
import ConfigParser, io
import StringIO
import re

BEGIN_TAG="BEGIN METADATA"
END_TAG="END METADATA"

#script_list=glob.glob("*.sh")
script_list=glob.glob("Daily_catalogue_extraction.sh")

sample = """
[metadata]
Author = Stefano Teodorani
Issue = RB-24891
Type = Email
Name = PROD|US&UK|Daily catalogue extraction
Recipients = [email protected], b.mail.com
Source = https://bitbucket.org/acme
"""

for file in script_list:
   with open(file) as f:
      sample_config = f.read()

   match = re.search(BEGIN_TAG+"(.*)"+END_TAG, sample_config, re.MULTILINE|re.DOTALL)
   if match:
      sample_config = match.group(0)
      sample_config = sample_config.replace("# ","")
      sample_config = sample_config.replace("#","")
      sample_config = sample_config.replace(BEGIN_TAG,"[metadata]")
      sample_config = sample_config.replace(END_TAG,"")

      config = ConfigParser.RawConfigParser(allow_no_value=True)
      config.readfp(StringIO.StringIO(sample_config))

      print config.get("metadata", "Author")
      print config.get("metadata", "Issue")