diff --git a/scripts/python-tools.sh b/scripts/python-tools.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+usage()
+{
+	cat <<-EOT
+
+	   usage $myname [-e sed-extract-command] [-m module] file.py ...
+
+	EOT
+	[ "$1" ] && exit $1
+}
+
+cmd_create_init()
+{
+	local f files base extracted
+	files="$*"
+	for f in $files; do
+		base=${f##*/}
+		base=${base%.py}
+		if [ "$sed_extract_command" ]; then
+			#echo running $sed_extract_command on $f
+			extracted=`sed "$sed_extract_command" $f`
+			if [ "$extracted" ]; then
+				echo "from $module.$base import $extracted"
+			fi
+		fi
+	done
+}
+
+# --------------------- here we go
+
+myname=`basename $0`
+
+eval set -- `getopt -o 'he:m:' "$@"`
+while [ "$1" != -- ]; do
+case $1 in
+	-e)
+		sed_extract_command=$2
+		shift
+		;;
+	-m)
+		module=$2
+		shift
+		;;
+	-h)
+		usage 0;;
+	*)
+		echo unknown argument $1
+		usage 1;;
+esac
+shift
+done
+shift
+
+cmd=cmd_${1//-/_}
+shift
+
+eval $cmd $*