In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Chris Hieronymus  <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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>input.  How do I get the data into the system call?  I used to do  
>things in csh and awk,
>i.e., something like
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>awk '{<some manipulations here>; print $1, $2}' filename | psxy <some  
>options> >! output.ps
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There are several aspects to what you're after.  First, I think, is
to experiment with

  import os
  os.system("awk '{print $%column}'" % desired_column)

Does that move you forward?
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