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Re: Multi-line commands with 'python -c'

From Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu>
Subject Re: Multi-line commands with 'python -c'
Date 2014-05-30 11:29 -0400
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On 5/30/2014 2:45 AM, Rustom Mody wrote:

> $ python -c 'import os, pprint; pprint.pprint ([ r for r, d, f in os.walk(".") if len(d+f) != 1])'
>
> Mysterious that print after a ; is fine whereas for is not

Not at all. Simple statememts can follow ; or :, compound statements cannot.

-- 
Terry Jan Reedy

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Multi-line commands with 'python -c' Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-05-30 10:52 +1000
  Re: Multi-line commands with 'python -c' Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2014-05-29 23:04 -0700
    Re: Multi-line commands with 'python -c' Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2014-05-29 23:45 -0700
      Re: Multi-line commands with 'python -c' Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2014-05-29 23:54 -0700
        Re: Multi-line commands with 'python -c' Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> - 2014-05-30 09:33 +0200
      Re: Multi-line commands with 'python -c' Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2014-05-30 11:29 -0400
    Re: Multi-line commands with 'python -c' Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-05-30 17:20 +1000
      Re: Multi-line commands with 'python -c' Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2014-05-30 05:47 -0700
        Re: Multi-line commands with 'python -c' Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-05-30 22:58 +1000
  Re: Multi-line commands with 'python -c' Duncan Booth <duncan.booth@invalid.invalid> - 2014-05-30 21:11 +0000
    Re: Multi-line commands with 'python -c' Devin Jeanpierre <jeanpierreda@gmail.com> - 2014-05-30 14:42 -0700
    Re: Multi-line commands with 'python -c' Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-05-31 07:47 +1000
      Re: Multi-line commands with 'python -c' Duncan Booth <duncan.booth@invalid.invalid> - 2014-05-31 16:41 +0000
        Re: Multi-line commands with 'python -c' Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> - 2014-05-31 19:11 +0200
          Re: Multi-line commands with 'python -c' Duncan Booth <duncan.booth@invalid.invalid> - 2014-06-01 20:43 +0000

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