tmcw

import subprocess
import sys, re
MERC = '+proj=merc +a=6378137 +b=6378137 +lat_ts=0.0 +lon_0=0.0 +x_0=0.0 +y_0=0 +k=1.0 +units=m +nadgrids=@null +wktext +no_defs'

infile = sys.argv[1]

info_output = subprocess.Popen(['gdalinfo', infile], stdout=subprocess.PIPE).communicate()[0]

size_is_re = re.compile('Size is (?P<width>\d+), (?P<height>\d+)')
size_is = filter(lambda x: x, map(lambda x: size_is_re.match(x), info_output.split('\n')))