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sri_annauni at yahoo

Aug 21, 2008, 5:24 AM

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Python one-liner??

Hi,
Do we have python one-liner like perl one-liner 'perl -e'??
Thanks,
Srini

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gminick at bzt

Aug 22, 2008, 1:13 PM

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Re: Python one-liner?? [In reply to]

-c?
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redalastor at gmail

Aug 22, 2008, 1:25 PM

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On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 4:13 PM, Wojtek Walczak <gminick [at] bzt> wrote:

> -c?
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Yup. Stands for command

python -c "print 'Hello World!'"
Hello World!

mccredie at gmail

Aug 22, 2008, 2:03 PM

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> Do we have python one-liner like perl one-liner 'perl -e'??

The answer is python -c...

but python -h is useful too.

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nytrokiss at gmail

Aug 22, 2008, 2:12 PM

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Re: Python one-liner?? [In reply to]

What i use them for is to test for packages. e.g python -c "import django"

On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 2:03 PM, Matimus <mccredie [at] gmail> wrote:

> > Do we have python one-liner like perl one-liner 'perl -e'??
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> The answer is python -c...
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> but python -h is useful too.
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> Matt
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paddy3118 at googlemail

Aug 22, 2008, 9:07 PM

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On Aug 22, 10:03�pm, Matimus <mccre...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Do we have python one-liner like perl one-liner 'perl -e'??
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> The answer is python -c...
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> but python -h is useful too.
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> Matt

And Python is not optimised for one-liner solutions.
I have been known to construct multi-line -c arguments using
the bash shell on Unix (as bash supports multi-line quotes),
but creating and then deleting a temporary file saves me from
'quoting hell'.

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