The pipes Module

(Unix only) The pipes module shown in Example 3-8 contains support functions to create "conversion pipelines." You can create a pipeline consisting of a number of external utilities and use it on one or more files.

Example 3-8. Using the pipes Module

File: pipes-example-1.py import pipes t = pipes.Template() # create a pipeline t.append("sort", "--") t.append("uniq", "--") # filter some text t.copy("samples/sample.txt", "") Alan Jones (sensible party) Kevin Phillips-Bong (slightly silly) Tarquin Fin-tim-lin-bin-whin-bim-lin-bus-stop-F'tang-F'tang-Olé-Biscuitbarrel