It fails because the second datetime in your test script is taken to be a variable and it is not one you have already defined; hence the error: "NameError: name 'datetime' is not defined".
Try this instead: echo "import datetime ; [e*e for e in [1,2]]" > test On Thursday, 21 April 2022 at 19:06:45 UTC+2 [email protected] wrote: > Why does this fail?... > > % echo "import datetime ; [datetime for e in [1, 2]]" > test > > % ./manage.py shell < test > > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "./manage.py", line 8, in <module> > django.core.management.execute_from_command_line(sys.argv) > File > "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/django/core/management/__init__.py", line > 381, in execute_from_command_line > utility.execute() > File > "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/django/core/management/__init__.py", line > 375, in execute > self.fetch_command(subcommand).run_from_argv(self.argv) > File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/django/core/management/base.py", > line 323, in run_from_argv > self.execute(*args, **cmd_options) > File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/django/core/management/base.py", > line 364, in execute > output = self.handle(*args, **options) > File > "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/django/core/management/commands/shell.py", > line 92, in handle > exec(sys.stdin.read()) > File "<string>", line 1, in <module> > File "<string>", line 1, in <listcomp> > NameError: name 'datetime' is not defined > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-users/d3b34127-73f0-47ca-919a-d9de8bae920cn%40googlegroups.com.
