This Python function builds a dictionary from the lines of a bodyfile as produced by The Sleuth Kit's fls command

get_meta.py

def get_meta(bodyfile):
    fname_skip_cnt = bad_line = total_lines = 0
    meta = {}

    fi = open(bodyfile, 'rb')
    for line in fi:
        total_lines += 1
        try:
            md5,ppath,inode,mode,uid,gid,size,atime,mtime,ctime,crtime = line.rstrip().split("|")
        except:
            bad_line += 1
            continue

        fname = os.path.basename(ppath).rstrip()
        if fname == ".." or fname == ".":
            fname_skip_cnt += 1
            continue

        pname = os.path.dirname(ppath).rstrip()
        if pname not in meta:
            meta[pname] = {}

        meta[pname][fname] = {}
        meta[pname][fname]['meta_addr'] = inode
        meta[pname][fname]['perm'] = mode
        meta[pname][fname]['uid'] = uid
        meta[pname][fname]['gid'] = gid
        meta[pname][fname]['atime'] = atime
        meta[pname][fname]['mtime'] = mtime
        meta[pname][fname]['ctime'] = ctime
        meta[pname][fname]['crtime'] = crtime

    print "[+] Discarded %d files named .. or ." % (fname_skip_cnt)
    print "[+] Discarded %d bad lines from %s." % (bad_line, args.filename)
    print "[+] Added %d paths to meta." % (len(meta))

    return meta