Question

python -c 'for x in range(1,10) print x' 

I enjoy python one liners with -c, but it is limited when indentation is needed.

Any ideas?

Answer 1

python -c 'for x in range(1,10): print x' 

Just add the colon.

To address the question in the comments:

How can I make this work though? python -c ‘import calendar;print calendar.prcal(2009);for x in range(1,10): print x’

python -c 'for x in range(1,10): x==1 and __import__('calendar').prcal(2009); print x;' 

As you can see it’s pretty gross. We can’t import before the loop. To get around this we check if x is at the first iteration in the loop, if so we do the import.

More examples here.