mkMonoList.py

#!/usr/bin/env python

#author:gaigai 2013/12/2
#This program generate the monolist by useful.dct
#input:useful.dct
#output:monolist

import sys

if __name__ == '__main__':
    if (len(sys.argv) != 3):
        print 'Usage: mkMonoList.py infile(useful.dct) outfile(monolist)'
        sys.exit(1)
    inFile = open(sys.argv[1], 'r')
    outFile = open(sys.argv[2], 'w')
    content = inFile.readlines()
    newitem = []
    for items in content:
        items.strip() #delete the \n in the end of every row.
        item = items.split() 
        item = item[1:]
        newitem.extend(item)
    orderitem = list(set(newitem))#duplicate removal
    orderitem.sort()#sort the list

    for items in orderitem:
        if items != "[]": #do not output [] for it is not the phoneme.
            outFile.write(items)
            outFile.write("\n")

    inFile.close()
    outFile.close()