C:\cygwin\home\chrism\ZWN\linkmaker.py

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from string import letters
import re, sys

url_expr=re.compile(r'((http|https|ftp|mailto|file|about)[:/]+?[%s0-9_\@\.\,\?\!\/\:\;\-\#\~\=\&\%%]+)' % letters)

def makelinks(file):
    while 1:
        line = file.readline()
        if not line: break
        line = url_expr.sub(r'"\1":\1', line)
        sys.stdout.write(line)
            
if __name__ == '__main__':
    f = open(sys.argv[1])
    makelinks(f)