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diff --git a/gi/morf-segmentation/linestripper.py b/gi/morf-segmentation/linestripper.py
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+#!/usr/bin/python
+
+import sys
+
+#linestripper   file file maxlen [numlines]
+
+if len(sys.argv) < 3:
+  print "linestripper   file1 file2 maxlen [numlines]" 
+  print " outputs subset of file1 to stdout, ..of file2 to stderr"
+  sys.exit(1)
+
+
+f1 = open(sys.argv[1],'r')
+f2 = open(sys.argv[2],'r')
+
+maxlen=int(sys.argv[3])
+numlines = 0
+
+if len(sys.argv) > 4:
+  numlines = int(sys.argv[4])
+
+count=0
+for line1 in f1:
+  line2 = f2.readline()
+  
+  w1 = len(line1.strip().split())
+  w2 = len(line2.strip().split())
+
+  if w1 <= maxlen and w2 <= maxlen:
+    count = count + 1
+    sys.stdout.write(line1)
+    sys.stderr.write(line2)
+ 
+  if numlines > 0 and count >= numlines:
+    break
+
+f1.close()
+f2.close()
+  
+