<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > hi all, > > I have a simple snippet I am trying to keep the format the same as > plain text, though I want to embed it in html ... > > basically, > > print "Content-type:text/plain\n\n"; > getrup = os.popen('ruptime').read() > print getrup > > is the same format as if I ran 'ruptime' from the command line. > > If I use... > > print "Content-type:text/html\n\n"; > getrup = os.popen('ruptime').read() > print getrup > > I can just split the lines and loop through it ... but I am not sure > how to keep the tab spacing the same > I'm sure its something so simple I am missing .... > > thanks for helping someone learning.. > --mike > What about :
print "Content-type:text/html\n\n"; print "<pre>" getrup = os.popen('ruptime').read() print getrup print "</pre>" The <pre> tags indicate that the enclosed text has been pre-formatted. Otherwise your tabs will get collapsed out by HTML. -- Paul -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list