Executing multi-line statements in the one-line command-line
command-line, heredoc, python, shell
Solution
You could do
echo -e "import sys\nfor r in range(10): print 'rob'" | python
Or without pipes:
python -c "exec(\"import sys\nfor r in range(10): print 'rob'\")"
Or
(echo "import sys" ; echo "for r in range(10): print 'rob'") | python
Or SilentGhost's answer or Crast's answer.
Problem
I'm using Python with `-c` to execute a one-liner loop, i.e.: ``` python -c "for r in range(10): print 'rob'" ``` This works fine. However, if I import a module before the for loop, I get a syntax error: ``` python -c "import sys; for r in range(10): print 'rob'" File "<string>", line 1 import sys; for r in range(10): print 'rob' ^ SyntaxError: invalid syntax ``` How can this be fixed? It's important to me to have this as a one-liner so that I can include it in a Makefile.