Chosing between sys.argv and sys.stdin

[Arne Martin Güettler]

Steve Holden wrote:
> 
> Probably what you need is something like the following, which
> will work for a single file name.  You can easily extend it to
> multiple filenames (left as an exercise to the reader...)


something like:

myfiles = map(open, sys.argv[1:]) or [sys.stdin]
for file in myfiles:
   input = file.read()

(put inside try-except for error handling)

-- 
Arne Martin