multiline raw input

[Bjorn Pettersen]

> From: les ander [mailto:les_ander at yahoo.com] 
> 
> Hi,
> i have a program that takes input from the command line
> however this input is multi-line and will have a lot of 
> backslashes I tried using sys.stdin but it ignores the 
> backslashes. i tried with raw_input but that only takes in 
> the first line
> 
> can some suggest a remedy?

Something like:

>>> def ml_input():
...    res = []
...    while 1:
...       line = raw_input()
...       if line == '.': break
...       res.append(line)
...    return ''.join(res)
...
>>> ml_input()
This
is a
little
test
.
'This is alittletest'
>>>

-- bjorn