def stripscripts ( directoryStart ) :
    os.path.walk( directoryStart, callback, '' )

def callback ( args, directory, files ) :
    print 'Scanning',directory
    for fileName in files:
        if os.path.isfile( os.path.join(directory,fileName) ) :
            if string.lower(os.path.splitext(fileName)[1]) in ['.c','.cpp','.java','.h'] :
                countComments ( os.path.join(directory,fileName) )

def countComments ( filepath ) :
     print '  Processing',os.path.split(filepath)[1]
     file = open(filepath, 'rb')
#can also try file.readlines() to put each line into a list
#    code = file.read()
     code = file.readlines()
#    file.close()

#Do processing on comments Here
     slashstaropen = re.compile(".(/\*).")
     slashstarclose = re.compile("\*/")
     doubleslash = re.compile("//.*")
     comment = re.compile('/\*(.|[\r\n])*?\*/')
     count=0
     for line in code:
         if doubleslash.search('line'):
            count = count + 1
            print line
         if slashstaropen.search('line'):
            count = count + 1
            print line
         if comment.search('line'):
            count = count + 1
            print line

#    regexp = re.compile(r'<script.*?>', re.IGNORECASE)
#    html = regexp.sub('<script language="MonthyPythonsScript">',html)
#    file = open(filepath, 'w+')
#    file.write(html)
#    file.close()

     print "Comments in "+sys.argv[1]+" are: "+repr(count)

if len(sys.argv) > 1 :
    stripscripts( sys.argv[1] )
else:
    print message