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# Last modified 5/6/2009         # 
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# Georgi Marinov                 #
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import sys

def run():

    if len(sys.argv) < 2:
        print 'usage: python %s  inputfilename outfilename' % sys.argv[0]
        sys.exit(1)

    inputfilename = sys.argv[1]
    outfilename = sys.argv[2]

    outfile = open(outfilename, 'w')
    outfile.write('[')
    listofgenesfile = open(inputfilename)
    lineslist = listofgenesfile.readlines()
    for line in lineslist:
        fields = line.split('\n')[0].split('\t')
        k = str(fields[0])
        outfile.write(k)
        outfile.write(', ')

    outfile.write(']')
            
run()
