On May 30, 2:04 pm, BartlebyScrivener <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Using Python on Debian Etch. > > What is the best way to paste a block of text in at the command > prompt. > > I'm trying something like: > > Quote = raw_input("Paste quote here: ") > > Which works great for one line of text with a single newline. It gets > stripped. Okay. > > Is there a way to paste in a block of text that has multiple lines and > newlines? I don't care if they all get stripped in the process, in > fact I'd prefer it. I've used strip before, but that doesn't seem to > work until you get the text into the program. > > Thanks for any help. > > Rick
import sys s =sys.stdin.read() print s which will read until ctrl-d ~Sean -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list