stdin -> stdout
Jorgen Grahn
jgrahn-nntq at algonet.se
Sat Aug 20 05:42:46 EDT 2005
On Fri, 19 Aug 2005 15:26:27 GMT, max(01)* <max2 at fisso.casa> wrote:
> 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:
...
> but i guess there must be a simpler way.
>
> using bash i simply do 'cat', *sigh*!
...
> ps: in perl you ca do this:
>
> ...
> while ($line = <STDIN>)
> {
> print STDOUT ("$line");
> }
> ...
Actually, in perl it's easier than that, if you can tolerate that it also
filters file(s) given on the command-line:
while(<>) {
print;
}
or even:
#!/usr/bin/perl -p
;
Of course, not every programming language needs to have easy-to-use
filtering capabilities at the core.
/Jorgen
--
// Jorgen Grahn <jgrahn@ Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu
\X/ algonet.se> R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn!
More information about the Python-list
mailing list