05-26-2011
Help with Python. Please and thanks.
Hi everybody,
I've been experimenting with Python lately and for the most part it's been a smooth ride. I have one little problem that maybe one of you can help me with.
PROBLEM:
I have list with one word per line.
EXAMPLE
apples
oranges
pears
grapes
etc...
I also have a shell command containing a variable that I want to execute within the python code.
EXAMPLE
"
do something with this $variable"
I need to execute the command for each item on the list. with each item on the list being equal to the variable in consecutive sequence.
Any help would be much appreciated
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NAME
truncate - shrink or extend the size of a file to the specified size
SYNOPSIS
truncate OPTION... FILE...
DESCRIPTION
Shrink or extend the size of each FILE to the specified size
A FILE argument that does not exist is created.
If a FILE is larger than the specified size, the extra data is lost. If a FILE is shorter, it is extended and the extended part (hole)
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Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.
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treat SIZE as number of IO blocks instead of bytes
-r, --reference=RFILE
base size on RFILE
-s, --size=SIZE
set or adjust the file size by SIZE bytes
--help display this help and exit
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output version information and exit
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SIZE may also be prefixed by one of the following modifying characters: '+' extend by, '-' reduce by, '<' at most, '>' at least, '/' round
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