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get_yahoo_stock_symbols.py
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USAGE: python get_yahoo_stock_symbols.py -v -c 1

the -v is to turn on the verbose option
the -c is to specify that you want only 1-character symbols

you can specify 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5-character symbols
each option after 1 includes all the previous symbols
for example, specifying -c 3 gives all 1, 2, and 3-character symbols

OUTPUT:

yahoo_stock_symbols_1.txt: about 19 stock symbols
yahoo_stock_symbols_1.csv: symbols with names

OPERATION:

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1-character symbols:
yahoo_stock_symbols_1.txt: symbol
yahoo_stock_symbols_1.csv: symbol, name

1 and 2-character symbols:
yahoo_stock_symbols_2.txt: symbol
yahoo_stock_symbols_2.csv: symbol, name

1, 2, and 3-character symbols:
yahoo_stock_symbols_3.txt: symbol
yahoo_stock_symbols_3.csv: symbol, name

1, 2, 3, and 4-character symbols:
yahoo_stock_symbols_4.txt: symbol
yahoo_stock_symbols_4.csv: symbol, name

1, 2, 3, 4, and 5-character symbols:
yahoo_stock_symbols_5.txt: symbol
yahoo_stock_symbols_5.csv: symbol, name

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