This should give you an idea of how to go about it (needs python 2.3 or newer):
import re
slashPattern = re.compile(r'\\(.*?)\\')
for i,line in enumerate(file("parseinput")):
print "line", i+1,
match = slashPattern.search(line)
if match:
print "matched:", match.group(1)
else:
print "did not match"
#===== output =======================
line 1 matched: 'di_--v*-.ga_-t
line 2 matched: 'pas-*m
#====================================
George
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