/userfile.py

# userfile.py
#	Program to create a file of usernames in batch mode.

import string

def main():
	print "This program creates a file of usernames"
	print "from a file of names."

	# Get the file names
	inFileName = raw_input("What file are the names in? ")
	outFileName = raw_input("What file should the usernames go in? ")

	# open the files
	inFile = open(inFileName, 'r')
	outFile = open(outFileName, 'w')

	# Process each line of the output file
	for line in inFile:
		# get the first and last names from inFile
		first, last = string.split(line)
		# Create the username
		uname = string.lower(first[0]+last[:7])
		# write it to the output file
		outFile.write(uname+'\n')

	# Close both files
	inFile.close()
	outFile.close()

	print "Usernames have been written to", outFileName+'.'

main()