gistfile1.txt

#!/usr/bin/env python
import os
import sys
import subprocess
import fileinput

#htpasswd -b htaccess <name> <passwd>

count=0
def htaccessimport(file):
	global count
	for line in fileinput.input(file):
		names = line.rsplit(' ')
		count += 1
		try:
			args = ['htpasswd', '-b', 'htaccess', names[0], names[1]]
			subprocess.Popen(args)
		except:
			print "Failed importing: " + line
	print "Processed: " + str(count)
#you can get the directory by typing 'pwd' into your shell/console
htaccessimport("/Users/dekz/Projects/python/accounts.txt")