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Re: How to use "while" within the command in -c option of python?

Date 2012-10-12 19:04 -0400
From Etienne Robillard <animelovin@gmail.com>
Subject Re: How to use "while" within the command in -c option of python?
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On Fri, 12 Oct 2012 15:51:19 -0700
Herman <sorsorday@gmail.com> wrote:

>  python -c "import os; while True: print('hello')"
>  File "<string>", line 1
>  import os; while True: print('hello')
>                       ^
> SyntaxError: invalid syntax
> -- 
> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

You get a syntax error since you didn't used tabs indents in your string
which is normal for python AFAIK.

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Re: How to use "while" within the command in -c option of python? Etienne Robillard <animelovin@gmail.com> - 2012-10-12 19:04 -0400
  Re: How to use "while" within the command in -c option of python? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-10-13 00:32 +0000
    Re: How to use "while" within the command in -c option of python? Thomas Bach <thbach@students.uni-mainz.de> - 2012-10-13 10:41 +0200
    Re: How to use "while" within the command in -c option of python? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-10-13 20:03 +1100
    Re: How to use "while" within the command in -c option of python? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-10-14 04:23 +1100
      Re: How to use "while" within the command in -c option of python? Jussi Piitulainen <jpiitula@ling.helsinki.fi> - 2012-10-13 20:43 +0300
        Re: How to use "while" within the command in -c option of python? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-10-14 04:47 +1100
    Re: How to use "while" within the command in -c option of python? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-10-14 05:41 +1100
    Re: How to use "while" within the command in -c option of python? Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2012-10-13 15:19 -0400
    Re: How to use "while" within the command in -c option of python? Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2012-10-13 16:42 -0400
    Re: How to use "while" within the command in -c option of python? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-10-14 08:39 +1100
    Re: How to use "while" within the command in -c option of python? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-10-14 09:09 +1100

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