# read a namelist file into a dictionary

# methods are well documented, magic is not

import sys

namelistF = open(sys.argv[1])

namelistD = {}			# start a dictionary

for lineS in namelistF:		# for each line in text file
	kv = lineS.split()	# string method for splitting a line into words

	key = kv[0]
	value = kv[1]
	print(key, value)

	namelistD[key] = value		# add a key,value pair to the dictionary

print(namelistD)