Can't get sys.stdin.readlines() to work

[tinnews at isbd.co.uk]

Richard Thomas <chardster at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Jan 31, 6:15 pm, tinn... at isbd.co.uk wrote:
> > I'm trying to read some data from standard input, what I'm actually
> > trying to do is process some date pasted in using the mouse cut and
> > paste on a Linux box (xubuntu 9.10) in a terminal window.
> >
> > First attempts failed so I'm now trying the trivial:-
> >
> >     import sys
> >     data = sys.stdin.readlines()
> >     print "Counted", len(data), "lines."
> >
> > When I run this and try to paste something into the terminal window I
> > get the following errors:-
> >
> >     /home/chris/bin/m2r.py: line 2: syntax error near unexpected token `('
> >     /home/chris/bin/m2r.py: line 2: `data = sys.stdin.readlines()'
> >
> > It does exactly the same if I try:-
> >
> >     cat | m2r.py
> >
> > and then paste something into the window.
> >
> > So - what on earth am I doing wrong?
> >
> > --
> > Chris Green
> 
> You haven't put a shebang line at the top.
> 
> #!/usr/bin/env python
> import sys
> data = sys.stdin.readlines()
> ...

Urk!!! Silly me.  That catches me out every few months!  :-)

-- 
Chris Green