On Jan 31, 6:15 pm, tinn...@isbd.co.uk wrote: > I'm trying to read some data from standard input, what I'm actually > trying to do is process some date pasted in using the mouse cut and > paste on a Linux box (xubuntu 9.10) in a terminal window. > > First attempts failed so I'm now trying the trivial:- > > import sys > data = sys.stdin.readlines() > print "Counted", len(data), "lines." > > When I run this and try to paste something into the terminal window I > get the following errors:- > > /home/chris/bin/m2r.py: line 2: syntax error near unexpected token `(' > /home/chris/bin/m2r.py: line 2: `data = sys.stdin.readlines()' > > It does exactly the same if I try:- > > cat | m2r.py > > and then paste something into the window. > > So - what on earth am I doing wrong? > > -- > Chris Green
You haven't put a shebang line at the top. #!/usr/bin/env python import sys data = sys.stdin.readlines() ... -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list