Executing multi-line statements in the one-line command-line?
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 Any idea how this can be fixed? It's important to me to have this as a one-liner so that I can include it in a Makefile. jspcal you could do echo -e "import sys\nfor r in range(10): print 'rob'" | python or w/out pipes: python -c "exec(\"import sys