test.py_

#!/usr/bin/python
#coding:iso8859-1;
import sys
import os
import sre

a1 = "khola.txt"
a2 = "
expr1 = sre.compile("^hola")
expr2 = sre.compile("^h |ola")
if expr1.search(a1):
	print "1 ok"
else:
	print "1 NO"

if expr2.search(a2):
	print "2 ok"
else:
	print "2 NO"