On 21 October 2013 21:47, Terry Reedy <tjre...@udel.edu> wrote:
> Manual says "-c <command>
> Execute the Python code in command. command can be one or more
> statements separated by newlines, with significant leading whitespace as in
> normal module code."
>
> In Windows Command Prompt I get:
> C:\Programs\Python33>python -c "a=1\nprint(a)"
> File "<string>", line 1
> a=1\nprint(a)
> ^
> SyntaxError: unexpected character after line continuation character
> (Same if I remove quotes.)
>
> How do I get this to work?
By not using cmd.exe.
On Windows I use "git bash" which I think is just bash from msys. If
you find yourself spending any time using cmd.exe you'll appreciate
why. I also use console2 as the GUI part of the terminal.
In bash it's a simple matter of opening a single quote and then typing
what you want including hitting enter (don't use single quotes in the
Python code):
$ python -c '
> a = 1
> if a:
> print("a was true")
> '
a was true
Oscar
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