Numeronym: shorten names in first-length-last style, like 'internationalization' to 'i18n'

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Numeronym: shorten names like 'internationalization' to 'i18n' using Python

A "numeronym" is a "number-based word" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numeronym).

The short python script generates these in the same style as "i18n", i.e. taking the first and last letter and showing the length (minus 2) in-between.

Use it either with arguments, like this:

$ numeronym internationalisation localisation
internationalisation => i18n
localisation => l10n
$

or as a REPL like this:

$ numeronym
Enter names like 'localisation', one per line

name> internationalisation
internationalisation => i18n

name> localisation
localisation => l10n

name> sesquipedalianism
sesquipedalianism => s15m

Requirements

No dependencies, but does require Python 3.6. Minor modifications would allow it to work with Python 2.7+.

numeronym.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3
import sys

def reducer(s):
    if not s or len(s) < 4:
        return s
    n = len(s)-2
    return f"{s[0]}{n}{s[-1]}"

if __name__ == "__main__":
    args = sys.argv[1:]
    if args:
        for s in args:
            print(f"{s} => {reducer(s)}")
    else:
        print("Enter names like 'localisation', one per line\n")
        s = 'placeholder'
        while s:
            try:
                s = input('name> ')
            except EOFError:
                break
            s = s.strip()
            if not s: break
            print(f"{s} => {reducer(s)}")