On Sat, 13 Mar 2010 18:01:58 +0100 Sandro Tosi <mo...@debian.org> wrote:
> Please use > > $ querybts --buglist xpdf > (......) Thanks! Note for BTS readers: when this bug was filed (2005) the '--buglist' option didn't do the good stuff offered above. In 2009, C. Chenet wrote a nice patch: /usr/bin/querybts: Could provide option to list all bugs without user interaction http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=222621#25 > I don't plan to support piping "yes" to reportbug in the general case: > if you need something specific to be automated, then file a wishlist > bug about it. About this 'specific/general' input tradeoff... was there a reason for not using ordinary standard input? Some prompts are simple stuff like: Is the bug you found listed above [y|N|b|m|r|q|s|f|?]? ...where the input is a letter or number followed by <Enter>. Nothing a Bourne shell 'read' command couldn't handle. Python people say it does stdio: How do I read from standard input using a Python script? Just read from sys.__stdin__ (aka sys.stdin).. for example, sys.stdin.read() sys.stdin is a file object, and can be operated on as such. http://www.yak.net/fqa/77.html http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Python_Programming/Input_and_output#Standard_File_Objects -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org