Question

As I understand it, files like /dev/urandom provide just a constant stream of bits. The terminal emulator then tries to interpret them as strings, which results in a mess of unrecognised characters.

How would I go about doing the same thing in python, send a string of ones and zeros to the terminal as “raw bits”?

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I may have to clarify:
Say for example the string I want to “print” is 1011100. On an ascii system, the output should be “\”. If I cat /dev/urandom, it provides a constant stream of bits. Which get printed like this: “���c�g/�t]+__��-�;”. That’s what I want.

Answer 1

Stephano: the key is the incomplete answer by “@you” above – the chr function :

import random, sys

for i in xrange(500):
   sys.stdout.write(chr(random.randrange(256)))