applink (lesser) on PC

#!/usr/bin/python
#applink (lesser)

#scp mobile@192.168.X.X:/var/mobile/Library/Caches/com.apple.mobile.installation.plist ./
#plutil -i com.apple.mobile.installation.plist | applink.py xml.plist > applink.sh
#scp applink.sh mobile@192.168.X.X:~/
#ssh mobile@192.168.X.X
#sh applink.sh

PATH="/var/mobile/applink"
applist={}

import sys,os,plistlib,codecs

# Gets the info from the MobileInstallation cache.
def find_apps():
 #if not os.path.exists(plist):
 # sys.stderr.write("MobileInstallation cache not found. Fallback not available on PC.\n")
  #find_apps_old()
 # return
 try:
  mobileInstallationCache = plistlib.readPlist(sys.stdin)
 except:
  sys.stderr.write("Reading the MobileInstallation cache failed. Fallback not available on PC.\n")
  #find_apps_old()
  return
 if "User" not in mobileInstallationCache:
  sys.stderr.write("MobileInstallation cache doesn't have a User key. Fallback not available on PC.\n")
  #find_apps_old()
  return
 appStoreApps = mobileInstallationCache["User"]
 sys.stderr.write("Here are the app bundles I found:\n")
 for key in appStoreApps:
  i = appStoreApps[key]
  path = "/".join(i["Path"].rstrip("/").split("/")[:-1])
  if "CFBundleDisplayName" in i and i["CFBundleDisplayName"] != "": #os.path.exists(path)
   #dotApp = i["Path"].rstrip("/").split("/")[-1]
   #dotAppFull = path + "/" + dotApp
   if path.startswith("/private"):
    path = path.split("/private", 1)[1]
   guid = path.split("/")[-1]
   sys.stderr.write(guid+"\n")
   if i["CFBundleDisplayName"] in applist:
    sys.stderr.write("Duplicate name\n")
    #sys.stdout.write("rm \""+i["CFBundleDisplayName"]+"_"+guid+"\"\n")
    sys.stdout.write("ln -s \""+path+"\" \""+i["CFBundleDisplayName"]+"_"+guid+"\"\n")
   else:
    applist[i["CFBundleDisplayName"]]=guid
    #sys.stdout.write("rm \""+i["CFBundleDisplayName"]+"\"\n")
    sys.stdout.write("ln -s \""+path+"\" \""+i["CFBundleDisplayName"]+"\"\n")

#main
sys.stdout = codecs.getwriter('utf_8')(sys.stdout)
sys.stdout.write("#!/bin/sh\n")
#sys.stdout.write("export LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8\n")
sys.stdout.write("rm -rf \""+PATH+"\"\n")
sys.stdout.write("mkdir \""+PATH+"\"\n")
sys.stdout.write("cd \""+PATH+"\"\n")
find_apps()