Input from a file as a command line argument

[Thomas Heller]

Teemu Luojola <teemu.luojola at pbezone.net> writes:

> I have read through Python documentation and tried several searches,
> but I can't find a simple answer to this question.
> 
> 
> If I make an executable script in linux environment, how can I pass
> input to that script from a file on command line? Like the following:
> 
> 
> $ script.py input.txt
> 
> or perhaps
> 
> $ script.py < input.txt
> 

See module fileinput.

import fileinput
for line in fileinput.input():
    process(line)

Thomas