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Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2012 19:04:20 -0400
From: Etienne Robillard <animelovin@gmail.com>
To: Herman <sorsorday@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
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You get a syntax error since you didn't used tabs indents in your string
which is normal for python AFAIK.