piping name of python script to python

Question

I have a file in my directory called foo.py that contains Python code. How do I pipe the file to Python in the terminal so that Python will run it? Entering this into the terminal doesn't work:
find -name foo.py -print | python

Avinash Raj · Accepted Answer · 2015-07-21 02:28:55Z

1

Use -exec parameter to find and execute all the founded .py files.

find -name '*.py' -exec python {} \;

And for a single file, you may use

find -name 'foo.py' -exec python {} \;

Note that this would search for the name foo.py in the current directory as well as the subdirectories.

answered Jul 21, 2015 at 2:28

Avinash Raj

175k32 gold badges247 silver badges289 bronze badges

Sign up to request clarification or add additional context in comments.

4 Comments

Avinash Raj Over a year ago

And it's better to add -type f argument to the above find command.

b_pcakes Over a year ago

This works, but I am wondering if there is a way to pipe it just out of curiosity, because it works if I pipe input to the script itself like so: echo <some argument> | python foo.py

b_pcakes Over a year ago

But it doesn't work with piping just the script name to python

Avinash Raj Over a year ago

try find -name foo.py -print | xargs python

Collectives™ on Stack Overflow

piping name of python script to python

1 Answer 1

4 Comments

Your Answer

Hot Network Questions

Collectives™ on Stack Overflow

1 Answer 1

4 Comments

Your Answer

Sign up or log in

Post as a guest

Related