textout/scripts/textout2html

#!/usr/bin/env python3
""" textout to HTML converter for the command line. """

import sys, argparse
import textoutpc

def parse_args():
	""" Parse the arguments. """

	ap = argparse.ArgumentParser(prog='textout2html',
		description='Convert textout BBcode to HTML.')
	ap.add_argument('-o', dest='output', default=sys.stdout,
		type=lambda x: sys.stdout if x == '-' else open(x, 'w'),
		help='the output source, stdout by default.')
	ap.add_argument('input', nargs='?', default=sys.stdin,
		type=lambda x: sys.stdin if x == '-' else open(x, 'r'),
		help='the input source, stdin by default.')

	args = ap.parse_args()
	return args

def main():
	""" Main function of the script. """

	args = parse_args()
	print(textoutpc.tohtml(args.input.read()), file=args.output, end='')

if __name__ == '__main__':
	# TODO: manage exceptions
	main()

# End of file.