--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/python/dictify.py	Thu Oct 15 11:41:26 2009 -0400
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+divider = ':'
+
+def dictify(string):
+    lines = [ i.strip() for i in string.split('\n') if i.strip() ]
+    return dict([i.split(divider,1) for i in lines 
+                 if len(i.split(divider,1)) == 2])
+    
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    import sys
+    feh = sys.stdin.read()
+    thedict = dictify(feh)
+    if sys.argv[1:]:
+        for i in sys.argv[1:]:
+            if thedict.has_key(i):
+                print thedict[i]
+    else:
+        print thedict