echoing input

[Skip Montanaro]

    >> Hi.  Is there a way to get Python to echo the contents of a script
    >> while it is being loaded?  I have a script called x.py that contains:

    Gerrit> #!/usr/bin/python
    Gerrit> """
    Gerrit> echo the contents of a script
    Gerrit> """

    Gerrit> import sys

    Gerrit> SCRIPT = sys.argv[0]	# no, it's something else... (find the full path of the
    Gerrit> 			# script

    Gerrit> SCRIPT_CONTENTS = open(SCRIPT).read()

    Gerrit> print SCRIPT_CONTENTS

    Gerrit> # EOF

I don't see the script being executed anywhere.  I think what the original
poster asked for was a mode similar to the Bourne shell's -x flag.

If you don't might a horrendous impact on performance, look at my trace
module (in http://www.musi-cal.com/~skip/python/).  If you set verbose mode, 
it will spit out lines as they are executed.

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