Re: Angle brackets in command-line arguments?

2008-07-16 Thread Keith Hughitt
On Jul 16, 11:16 am, Gary Herron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Keith Hughitt wrote: > > Hi all, > > > I am using someone else's script which expects input in the form of: > > >      ./script.py arg2 > > > I was wondering if the angle-brackets here have a special meaning? It > > seems like > > they

Re: Angle brackets in command-line arguments?

2008-07-16 Thread Gary Herron
Keith Hughitt wrote: Hi all, I am using someone else's script which expects input in the form of: ./script.py arg2 I was wondering if the angle-brackets here have a special meaning? It seems like they specify an input and output stream to use in place of the console. I could not find any

Re: Angle brackets in command-line arguments?

2008-07-16 Thread Fredrik Lundh
Keith Hughitt wrote: I am using someone else's script which expects input in the form of: ./script.py arg2 is a common notation for "replace with argument value", so it could be that they're just expecting you to type: ./script.py arg1 arg2 Alternatively, they meant ./scri

Re: Angle brackets in command-line arguments?

2008-07-16 Thread Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch
On Wed, 16 Jul 2008 07:53:56 -0700, Keith Hughitt wrote: > I am using someone else's script which expects input in the form of: > > ./script.py arg2 > > I was wondering if the angle-brackets here have a special meaning? It > seems like they specify an input and output stream to use in plac

Angle brackets in command-line arguments?

2008-07-16 Thread Keith Hughitt
Hi all, I am using someone else's script which expects input in the form of: ./script.py arg2 I was wondering if the angle-brackets here have a special meaning? It seems like they specify an input and output stream to use in place of the console. I could not find anything in the python man