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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+"""Convert a master latex file,
+into a single document by including
+automatically all the LaTeX documents 
+which are arguments of 
+\include or \input
+ignoring any \includeonly
+"""
+import sys
+if len(sys.argv)==3:
+    masterfile=sys.argv[1]
+    flattenfile=sys.argv[2]
+else:
+    sys.exit('USAGE: %s masterfile.tex flattenfile.tex' %sys.argv[0])
+    
+filetex=open(masterfile,'r')
+texlist=filetex.readlines()
+finaltex=open(flattenfile,'w')
+for i in texlist:
+    if i.find(r'\input{')==0 or i.find(r'\include{')==0: 
+        includetex=open(i.split('{')[-1].split('}')[0]+'.tex','r')
+        finaltex.write(includetex.read())
+        finaltex.write('\n')
+    elif i.find(r'\includeonly{')==0:
+        finaltex.write(i.replace(r'\includeonly{',r'%\includeonly{'))
+    else:
+        finaltex.write(i) 
+        
+        
+filetex.close()
+finaltex.close()
+\ No newline at end of file