hi. i was wondering, what's the simplest way to echo the standard input to the standard output, with no modification. i came up with: ... while True: try: raw_input() except EOFError: break ... but i guess there must be a simpler way. using bash i simply do 'cat', *sigh*! bye max ps: in perl you ca do this: ... while ($line = <STDIN>) { print STDOUT ("$line"); } ...