Question

I would like to get multiple commands from raw_input(). I have been using this:

reply = raw_input(">").split(' ')

command = reply[0]

file = reply[1]

but this seems very hacky to me is there a better way to do this in python?

Answer 1

I believe the most pythonic way is

command,file = raw_input(">").split()

using tuple unpacking instead of indexing

In Python3.0+, you may use

command,file,*everything_else = raw_input(">").split()#untested