Running python from pty without prompt

[Random832]

On Tue, Dec 13, 2016, at 17:09, Michael Torrie wrote:
> On 12/13/2016 10:48 AM, Random832 wrote:
> > The problem is there's currently no way to differentiate "interactive
> > mode" from "script run on a tty".
> > 
> > You can get similar behavior with python -c "import
> > sys;exec(sys.stdin.read())"
> 
> Are you sure? I can pipe scripts into Python and they run fine and
> Python is not in interactive mode.

Yes, a pipe and a tty are two different things.

> python < script.py
> 
> The behavior the OP is looking for of course is a way of demarcating the
> end of the script and the beginning of data to feed the script.

It's more than just that - with a tty you can call sys.stdin.read()
multiple times, and each time end it with ctrl-d.