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On Thursday, September 20, 2012 10:39:28 AM UTC+5:30, Chris Angelico wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 2:27 PM, Steven D'Aprano
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> <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> wrote:
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> > On Wed, 19 Sep 2012 12:46:33 -0700, ashish wrote:
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> >
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> >> 2. I have a python script, local.py, running on local which needs to
> 
> >> pass arguments ( 3/4 string arguments, containing whitespaces like
> 
> >> spaces, etc ) to a python script, remote.py running on remote (the
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> >> remote machine).
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> >
> 
> > If 3/4 of the arguments are strings, what sort of objects are the other
> 
> > 1/4?

Sorry for the confusion Steven.
There are 3 or 4 arguments, all of which are strings.

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> 
> 
> I understand the OP as meaning "three or four string arguments".

Yup, that's what i meant.
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> ChrisA