two questions

[Oleg Broytmann]

On Fri, 9 Apr 1999, Chris... wrote:
>   Since I am new to python (ver 1.5 under NT), these may be silly,
> anyhow:
> 
> 1)  How can I copy files with python?  At first I planned to run the
> DOS-command "copy" from python, but couldn't find the right function.
> Second, I thought, there might be a python command to do it.  Until
> now, I didn't succeed.

   Look into shutil.py module. You need copy2() function.

> 2) Is there an way to mimic Perls
> perl -p -e s/pattern1/pattern2/
> command line?

   Although you can run python -c "script", python usually intended for
scripts, not for perl-like one-liners.

> Thanks a lot in advance
> 
> bye
>   Chris...
> 

Oleg.
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