Uniquify - get unique, short and easy-to-read names and paths

Examples

Shorten names/paths by extracting non-common parts:

from uniquify import shortname, shortpath shortname(['common_part___abc___common_part', ... 'common_part___xbc___common_part', ... 'common_part___xyz___common_part']) ['abc', 'xbc', 'xyz'] shortpath(['some/long/path//alpha///', ... 'some/long/path//beta///', ... 'some/long/path//gamma//___/']) ['alpha', 'beta', 'gamma']

Convert common parts into skip marks:

from uniquify import skipcommonname, skipcommonpath skipcommonname(['ab__common_part___c', ... 'ij__common_part___k', ... 'xy__common_part___z']) ['ab...c', 'ij...k', 'xy...z'] skipcommonpath(['alpha/common/path/beta', ... 'epsilon/common/path/delta', ... 'phi/common/path/psi']) ['alpha/.../beta', 'epsilon/.../delta', 'phi/.../psi']

Install

Install it from pypi_

::

pip install uniquify

easy_install uniquify

.. _pypi: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/uniquify/