source: fact/tools/pyscripts/simulation/count_lines.py

#!/usr/bin/python -tt
import sys

def count_loc(lines):
    nb_lines  = 0
    docstring = False
    for line in lines:
        line = line.strip()

        if line == "" \
           or line.startswith("#") \
           or docstring and not (line.startswith('"""') or line.startswith("'''"))\
           or (line.startswith("'''") and line.endswith("'''") and len(line) >3)  \
           or (line.startswith('"""') and line.endswith('"""') and len(line) >3) :
            continue

        # this is either a starting or ending docstring
        elif line.startswith('"""') or line.startswith("'''"):
            docstring = not docstring
            continue

        else:
            nb_lines += 1

    return nb_lines
    
if __name__ == '__main__':
    
    for file in sys.argv[1:]:
        f = open(file)
        print file, count_loc(f)
        f.close()