reading stdinput

[Sheila King]

On Sun, 18 Mar 2001 11:11:00 +0930 (CST), Michael Hall <admin at mulga.com.au>
wrote in comp.lang.python in article
<mailman.984885323.10683.python-list at python.org>:

:How do I read standard input into a Python script? I'm trying to do the
:same as 'read' in a shell script to create a variable. I've played about
:with various combinations of 'sys.stdin.read()' and such but no go.

Here's a really simple little script, that reads from stdin and writes the
result to stdout. I just re-tested it now, to make sure it works:

#!/usr/bin/env python

import sys
line = sys.stdin.readline()
print line


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