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+#
+#
+#
+import re
+
+#
+class ToolBox:
+  """
+  Various tools
+  """
+#
+#  -c tablename:colName,colName2 userstable:names,ages 
+#  -b tablename:colName,colName2 userstable:names,ages 
+#
+#  TODO: change the split to a smart regex, instead of spliting on space
+#
+  @staticmethod
+  def parseColParams(param):
+    tblCols = {}
+    tables = param.split()
+    for table in tables:
+      cols = table.split(':')
+      tblCols[cols[0]] = cols[1].split(',')
+    return tblCols
+      
+  #
+  @staticmethod
+  def parseFilename(fqfilepath):
+    results = re.search(r'.*[\\/](\S*)\..*', fqfilepath)
+    if len(results.group(1)) != 0:
+      filename = results.group(1)
+    return filename
+
+  #
+  @staticmethod
+  def parseFilenameIncExt(fqfilepath):
+    results = re.search(r'.*[\\/](\S*\..*)', fqfilepath)
+    if len(results.group(1)) != 0:
+      filename = results.group(1)
+    return filename