On 2005-10-15, Jari Aalto wrote: > > [Keep CC, thank you] > > Please suggest comments how can I make this script to work > from bash. Also how can I skip better the [0] argument from > command line without hte extra variable i? > > #!/bin/bash > > function compile () > { > python -c ' > import os, sys, py_compile; > i = 0; > for arg in sys.argv: > file = os.path.basename(arg); > dir = os.path.dirname(arg); > i += 1; > if i > 1 and os.path.exists(dir): > os.chdir(dir); > print "compiling %s\n" % (file); > py_compile.compile(file); > ' $* > }
Don't indent: function compile () { python -c ' import os, sys, py_compile; i = 0; for arg in sys.argv: file = os.path.basename(arg); dir = os.path.dirname(arg); i += 1; if i > 1 and os.path.exists(dir): os.chdir(dir); print "compiling %s\n" % (file); py_compile.compile(file); ' $* } > compile $(find path/to -type f -name "*.py") > > # End of example > > The error message reads: > > File "<string>", line 2 > import os, sys, py_compile; > ^ > SyntaxError: invalid syntax > > Jari > -- Chris F.A. Johnson <http://cfaj.freeshell.org> ================================================================== Shell Scripting Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach, 2005, Apress <http://www.torfree.net/~chris/books/cfaj/ssr.html> -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list