rootbrowse -- open a ROOT TBrowser from the terminal

#! /usr/bin/env python

"""\
%prog <rootfile> [<rootfile2> ...]

Open a ROOT TBrowser to view the given files' contents.\
"""

import optparse
op = optparse.OptionParser(usage=__doc__)
opts, args = op.parse_args()
if not args:
    op.print_usage()
    exit(1)

import os
if not os.path.exists(args[0]):
    print "File '%s' does not exist... exiting\n" % args[0]
    exit(2)

import ROOT, time
files = [ROOT.TFile(a) for a in args]
b = ROOT.TBrowser()
while b:
   time.sleep(1)
for f in files:
    f.Close()