Re: Passing data to system command

2006-06-19 Thread Chris Hieronymus
t; from subprocess import Popen, PIPE > > my_output = file('output1.ps', 'w') > p1 = Popen(["psxy"], stdin = PIPE, stdout=my_output) > p1.stdin.write(my_format(array)) > p1.communicate() > my_output.close() > > I've never used that, th

Passing data to system command

2006-06-18 Thread Chris Hieronymus
Hi, I have a bunch of x-y data contained in an array. I would like to plot the data using an external program (psxy in GMT). The plotting program takes x-y couples as standard input. How do I get the data into the system call? I used to do things in csh and awk, i.e., something like aw