Hi, (Gnu/Linux - Python 2.4/5) Given these two examples: 1. ./fui.py *.py 2. ls *.py | ./fui.py
How can I capture a list of the arguments? I need to get all the strings (file or dir names) passed via the normal command line and any that may come from a pipe. There is a third case: 3. ls *.jpg | ./fui.py *.png Where I would be gathering strings from two places. I am trying to write a command-line friendly tool that can be used in traditional gnu/linux ways, otherwise I'd skip the pipe stuff totally. I have tried: 1. pipedIn = sys.stdin.readlines() Works fine for example 2, but example 1 goes into a 'wait for input' mode and that's no good. Is there a way to tell when no input is coming from a pipe at all? 2. import fileinput for line in fileinput.input(): print (line) But this opens each file and I don't want that. I have seen a lot of search results that don't quite answer this angle of the question, so I'm trying on the list. \d -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list