Simple utility to parse the __doc__, __name__ and __author__ values from a Python module.

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#!/usr/bin/env python

"""
Simple utility to parse the __doc__, __name__ and __author__ values from
a Python module.
"""

import sys
import ast
m = ast.parse(''.join(open(sys.argv[1])))

doc = ast.get_docstring(m)
assigns = [node for node in m.body if type(node) == ast.Assign]
names = [a.value.s for a in assigns if a.targets[0].id == '__name__']
authors = [a.value.s for a in assigns if a.targets[0].id == '__author__']

print doc, names, authors