ta (was Re: cmdline args to a piped python prog)

[leo]

thanks a lot, piet.

leo

"Piet van Oostrum" <piet at cs.uu.nl> wrote in message
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> >>>>> "leo" <halloleo at noospaam.myrealbox.com> (L) wrote:
>
> L> hi there
> L> a python file can evaluate cmdline arguments like
>
> L> python myprog.py arg1 arg2 arg3...
>
> L> when i feed python with my program via terminal input like
>
> L> cat myprog.py | python
>
> L> how can i then specifiy the cmdline arguments arg1 arg2 arg3...?
>
> You could say cat myprog.py | python - arg1 arg2 arg3
> Then sys.argv[1:] contains the arguments.
>
> By the way cat myprog.py | python * is equivalent to python * < myprog.py
> No need for cat.
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