mypg.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
#
# windows batch file example
# c:\Python27\python %UserProfile%\local\bin\mypg.py %*
#
import sys
import os.path

DEFAULT_CHAR = ':'

def printHeader(fn, tchar):
  fnlen = len(fn)
  border = tchar * fnlen
  print "%s\n%s\n%s" % (border, fn, border)

def printContent(fn):
  try:
    f = file(fn)
    for l in f:
      print l,
    f.close()
  except IOError as e:
    print type(e)
    print e.args
    print e

def printFile(fn, tchar):
  if os.path.isfile(fn):
    printHeader(fn, tchar)
    printContent(fn)

def printFiles(files, tchar):
  for f in files:
    printFile(f, tchar)

def usage():
  m = """usage: mypg [-c <c>] [-v] <files...>
       mypg <-h | --help>: shows this message
"""
  print m


if __name__ == '__main__' :
  import getopt
  char = DEFAULT_CHAR
  opts, args = getopt.getopt(sys.argv[1:], 'hvc:', ['help', 'verbose', 'char='])
  # need to expand file names on windows...
  import glob
  import itertools
  files = list(itertools.chain(*map(glob.glob, args)))

  verbose = False
  for opt, arg in opts:
    if opt in ('-h', '--help'):
      usage()
      sys.exit(2)
    elif opt in ('-v', '--verbose'):
      verbose = True
    elif opt in ('-c', '--char'):
      char = arg

  if verbose:
    print "c=%c" % (char)
    print "args: %s" % (", ".join(args))
    print "files: %s" % (", ".join(files))

  if len(files) > 0:
    printFiles(files, char)