new_contents: from datetime import datetime
  # import time
  import sys
  import csv
  from copy import copy
  #import shlex
  import re
  if len(sys.argv) > 1:
  	filename = sys.argv[1]
  	print "filename = ",filename
  else:
  	filename = 'line.log'
  
  f = open(filename)
  
  
  csvname = 'line.csv'
  fc = open(csvname, 'wb')
  cw = csv.writer(fc)
  
  # skip 3 lines
  # chats = f.read(1000)
  # sh = shlex.shlex(chats)
  # ss = shlex.split(chats)
  # for item in ss:
  # 	print item
  # quit()
  
  chats = f.readlines()[3:]
  f.close()
  
  # d = datetime.combine(datetime.strptime(chats[0][:12], '%Y. %m. %d'), datetime(0,0,0))
  d = datetime.strptime(chats[0][:12], '%Y. %m. %d')
  # dt = copy(d)
  idx = 0
  while(True):
  	line = chats[idx]
  	chat = line.split("\t")
  
  	l = len(chat)
  	if l == 1:
  		# 1 tab makes date
  		if line != "\n":
  			d = datetime.strptime(line[:12], '%Y. %m. %d')
  			print d
  	elif l == 2:
  		# 2 tab makes system command - blah blah blah
  		print "SYSTEM: (%s) %s" % (datetime.strptime(chat[0], '%H:%M'), chat[1][:12])
  	elif l >= 3:
  		# 3 tab makes normal msg
  		t = datetime.strptime(chat[0], '%H:%M')
  		if chat[2][0] == "\"":
  			# long msg start - not sure. if it just double quote in chat... welcome to hell.
  			if re.match(r"\d\d:\d\d\t", chats[idx+1][:6]) != None:
  				#  lets skip
  				msg = chat[2][:-1]
  			else:
  				j = 1
  				allmsg = chat[2]
  				flag = True
  				while(flag):
  					allmsg += chats[idx + j]
  					allmsgsp = allmsg.replace("\"\"", "_")
  					# print "%d(%s): %s" % (j, allmsgsp[-2], chats[idx + j])
  					if allmsgsp[-2] == "\"":
  						flag = False
  						msg = allmsg[1:-2].replace("\"\"", "\"")
  					else:
  						j += 1
  						# print j
  				idx += j
  				# print idx
  
  		else:
  			msg = chat[2][:-1]
  
  
  		# j = 0
  		# flag = True
  		# while(flag):
  		# 	try:
  		# 		t = datetime.strptime(chats[idx + j][:5], '%H:%M')
  		# 		# print "new line"
  		# 		flag = False
  		# 		pass
  		# 	except Exception, e:
  		# 		print "idx j = %d, %d" % (idx, j)
  		# 		print "err1 - %s" % chats[idx + j] #[:5]
  		# 		j += 1
  		# 		# flag = True
  		# 		pass
  		# 	else:
  		# 		pass
  		# 	finally:
  		# 		pass
  		# msg = chat[2][:-1]
  		# if j > 0:
  		# 	for i in range(j):
  		# 		msg += "\n" + chats[idx + i][:-1]
  		# 	idx += j
  		print "%s: %s" % (chat[1], msg)
  		# if j > 0:
  		# 	msg = chat[2]
  		# 	for i in range(j - 1)
  
  		# else:
  		# 	msg = chat[2]
  		cw.writerow([datetime.combine(d.date(), t.time()), chat[1], msg])
  	idx += 1
  
  		
  
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