--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/python/tippytodos.py	Mon Feb 03 13:29:12 2014 -0800
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+import argparse
+import os
+import sys
+from subprocess import check_output
+
+def call(command, **kwargs):
+    kwargs.setdefault('shell', True)
+    print (command)
+    return check_output(command, **kwargs)
+
+def main(args=sys.argv[1:]):
+
+    usage = '%prog [options]'
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(usage=usage, description=__doc__)
+    parser.add_argument('--mark', dest='mark', default='#')
+    parser.add_argument('-d', '--directory', dest='directory', default='.')
+    parser.add_argument('-p', '--pattern', dest='pattern', default='*.py')
+    options = parser.parse_args(args)
+
+    command = ['find', options.directory, '-iname', options.pattern,
+               '|',
+               'grep', '' ... ] # to finish
+
+    output = check_output(subprocess.list2cmdline(command))
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()