#!/usr/bin/python # NOTE make sure the above path to python is correct for your environment # The parameter list passed is a list of database columns (name and data) # for a book or magazine. Read them back into a dictionary. # For this example, just return the formatted dictionary import sys mydict = {} try: args = sys.argv[1:] while len(args) > 1: mydict[args[0]] = args[1] args = args[2:] except Exception as err: sys.stderr.write("%s\n" % err) exit(1) res = '' for item in mydict: # column name: value res = res + "%s: %s\n" % (item, mydict[item]) print(res) exit(0)