# Read all lines from a text file
# Parse each line into a key-value pair
# Store pair in a dictionary
# Write new file with time-stamped key-value pairs

import sys

inF = open(sys.argv[1], "r")	# open the file specified on the command line

linesL = inF.readlines()	# read all lines of text into a list of Strings
inF.close()			# no longer needed

#kvD = {}			# create an empty dictionary; will not preserve order of pairs

from collections import OrderedDict 
kvD = OrderedDict()

for lineS in linesL:		# iterate through each line of text in the list
   wL = lineS.split()		# parse the line into words

   keyS = wL[0]			# first word is the key
   valueS = wL[2]			# third word is the value, assume w[1] is =
   print keyS, valueS

   kvD[keyS] = valueS		# add key-value pair to dictionary; all items are strings

print " "
print kvD.keys()
print kvD.values()

print " "
print kvD.viewitems()

import datetime

outF = open("log", "w")		# open new file; will over-write existing file

for k in kvD:			# iterate through each key in dictionary
   v = kvD[k]			#

   logTime = datetime.datetime.now()
   
   s =  str(logTime) + ":  " + k + " " + v + "\n"

   outF.write(s)

outF.close()