Python command line 'file input stream'

Question

I\'m fairly new to python coming from C/C++, I was wondering how I would get my \'main.py\' to reconize/use the imput given from a bash shell as:

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Answer 1

Using the fileinput module would be most appropriate here, and more flexible.

http://docs.python.org/library/fileinput.html

import fileinput
for line in fileinput.input():
    process(line)

In addition to supporting stdin, it can also read from files listed as arguments.