converts a long string into a shorter one

n7y.py

#!/usr/bin/python

# Copyright (c) 2011 Will Kahn-Greene <willg@bluesock.org>
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import sys

USAGE = "Usage: n7y term [term...]"

def main(argv):
    if not argv:
        print USAGE
        return 1

    for mem in argv:
        if len(mem) >= 4:
            print "%s: %s%d%s" % (mem, mem[0], len(mem)-2, mem[-1])
        else:
            print "%s: %s" % (mem, mem)

if __name__ == "__main__":
    sys.exit(main(sys.argv[1:]))