[Tutor] reading stdin?

[Kalle Svensson]

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Sez D-Man:
> On Fri, Feb 16, 2001 at 01:17:32PM -0500, Mr 804 wrote:
> |=20
> | how do I read stdin?
> |=20
[snip great introduction to input/raw_input]

If you want to read from standard input in a more low-level way, perhaps
better suited for redirected input and that kind of stuff, use sys.stdin.

import sys
# get input
s =3D sys.stdin.read()
# do stuff

sys.{stdin|stdout|stderr} are ordinary file objects.  This makes it easy to
use standard input/output as defaults, e.g. if no input/output files are
specified on the command line:

# crude example
import sys
if len(sys.argv) =3D=3D 1:
    outfile =3D sys.stdout
    infile =3D sys.stdin
elif len(sys.argv) =3D=3D 2:
    outfile =3D open(sys.argv[1])
    infile =3D sys.stdin
else:
    outfile =3D open(sys.argv[1])
    infile =3D open(sys.argv[2])

HTH,
  Kalle
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