[Tutor] command line syntax

Remco Gerlich scarblac@pino.selwerd.nl
Thu, 26 Apr 2001 23:31:36 +0200


On  0, Dinakar Desai <Desai.Dinakar@mayo.edu> wrote:
> I was wondering is there any way one can write command line script like
> that done in perl or shell.
> I tried FAQ and could not find what I was looking for. 
> 
> 
> I look forward to hear from you.

I'm not sure what you mean. Is the -c option what you're looking for?

bash$ python -c 'print "whee"'
whee
bash$ python -c '
> from time import *
> print ctime()
> '
Thu Apr 26 23:29:58 2001

If you want a script that you can start from the command line, just put
in the appropriate #! line (#!/usr/bin/env python) just like you would with
sh, perl, tcl, expect or whatever...

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Remco Gerlich