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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+import urllib, string, sys
+
+def download(sym):
+ url = "http://uk.old.finance.yahoo.com/d/quotes.csv?s="
+ url += sym + "&f=sl1d1t1c1ohgv&e=.csv"
+ f = urllib.urlopen(url, proxies={})
+ info = f.read()
+ f.close()
+ fields = string.split(info, ',')
+ result = float(fields[1])/100
+ return result
+
+
+sym = sys.argv[1]
+sym = sym.replace('_', '.')
+if sym == '£':
+ print '£1.00'
+else:
+ try: print "£" +str(download(sym))
+ except: pass