stdio EOF ?

[Erik Max Francis]

Jacek Generowicz wrote:

> Using "for line is stdin: ..." works if all the commands are in a file
> and I do
> 
>   cat command_file | filter.py | etc
> 
> but in the "cat | filter.py" situation, it doesn't produce any output
> until C-d is sent.
> 
> I guess I'm looking for a "while something(stdin)" or "while
> stdin.something" construct ...

The standard idiom for this is:

	while 1:
	   line = file.readline()
	   if not line:
	      break
	   ...

The .readline method of a file object returns a complete line (including
the trailing newline), or an empty string in the case of EOF.

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