--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/python/str2lnk.py	Thu Oct 15 11:41:26 2009 -0400
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+#!/usr/bin/python
+
+def str2lnk(string):
+    """transform a string to a legitimate link name for html"""
+    illegal_characters=' @,?/\\#'
+    for i in illegal_characters:
+        string = string.replace(i, '_')
+    newstring = ''
+    for i in string.split('_'):
+        if i:
+            newstring += i + '_'
+    return newstring[:-1]
+    
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    import sys
+    try:
+        newstring=sys.argv[1]
+    except IndexError:
+        print '%s' % str2lnk.__doc__
+        print 'Usage: %s <string to be made a link>' % sys.argv[0]
+        sys.exit(0)
+
+    newstring = ' '.join(sys.argv)
+    print str2lnk(newstring)