CSV to dictionary

• DictReader

import sys
import csv

if len(sys.argv) != 2:
    sys.stderr.write("Usage: {} FILENAME\n".format(sys.argv[0]))
    exit()

filename = sys.argv[1]

with open(filename) as fh:
    rd = csv.DictReader(fh, delimiter=',')
    for row in rd:
        print(row)

{'lname': 'Chapman', 'born': '8 January 1941', 'fname': 'Graham'}
{'lname': 'Idle', 'born': '29 March 1943', 'fname': 'Eric'}
{'lname': 'Gilliam', 'born': '22 November 1940', 'fname': 'Terry'}
{'lname': 'Jones', 'born': '1 February 1942', 'fname': 'Terry'}
{'lname': 'Cleese', 'born': '27 October 1939', 'fname': 'John'}
{'lname': 'Palin', 'born': '5 May 1943', 'fname': 'Michael'}