#!/usr/bin/env python
# Typical usage: pickinsp.py latest.mdf.pickle
import cPickle,sys
#try to get a name of the pickle file from the command line:
try:
	filename=sys.argv[1]
except:
	filename=None
	print "filename was not entered from command line"
	filename=raw_input("enter filename=>")
	if filename=="": filename="latest.mdf.pickle" #default
#try to open that file:
try:
	inf=open(filename,'r')
	print "opened",filename
except:
	print "trouble opening",filename
	sys.exit()
#try to load the dictionary (notice I do not use try/except here)
h=cPickle.load(inf)
print "\n loaded an object with type:",type(h)," (hopefully a 'dict')"
print "\n try printing all the keys:"
allkeys=h.keys()
print allkeys
firstkey=allkeys[0]
print "\n try printing the value for ",firstkey," in the dictionary:"
print h[firstkey]
print "\n did you see 'NEWI' in the above?"