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Task/Read-a-configuration-file/Python/read-a-configuration-file.py

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+def readconf(fn):
+    ret = {}
+    with file(fn) as fp:
+        for line in fp:
+            # Assume whitespace is ignorable
+            line = line.strip()
+            if not line or line.startswith('#'): continue
+
+            boolval = True
+            # Assume leading ";" means a false boolean
+            if line.startswith(';'):
+                # Remove one or more leading semicolons
+                line = line.lstrip(';')
+                # If more than just one word, not a valid boolean
+                if len(line.split()) != 1: continue
+                boolval = False
+
+            bits = line.split(None, 1)
+            if len(bits) == 1:
+                # Assume booleans are just one standalone word
+                k = bits[0]
+                v = boolval
+            else:
+                # Assume more than one word is a string value
+                k, v = bits
+            ret[k.lower()] = v
+    return ret
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    import sys
+    conf = readconf(sys.argv[1])
+    for k, v in sorted(conf.items()):
+        print k, '=', v