echoing input

[Gerrit Holl]

On Sat, Aug 28, 1999 at 12:24:32PM -0400, Greg Wilson wrote:
> Hi.  Is there a way to get Python to echo the contents of a script while it
> is
> being loaded?  I have a script called x.py that contains:
> 
> # x.py
> a = (1, 2, 3)
> print a
> 
> and I would like to see
> 
> a = (1, 2, 3)
> print a
> (1, 2, 3)
> 
> as the output from "python x.py".
> 

#!/usr/bin/python
"""
echo the contents of a script
"""

import sys

SCRIPT = sys.argv[0]	# no, it's something else... (find the full path of the
			# script

SCRIPT_CONTENTS = open(SCRIPT).read()

print SCRIPT_CONTENTS

# EOF

Is it also possible without reading a file?

regards,
Gerrit.