cmdline args to a piped python prog

[Piet van Oostrum]

>>>>> "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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