Invoke pawk from a python script?

[stephenfrench9]

Is it possible to invoke pawk from a python script, without using subprocess.run?

I am imagining something like:

import pawk

my_pawk_program = ' .... '

results = pawk.run(my_pawk_program)

[dwurf]

You could probably replicate the invocation here

pawk/pawk.py

Lines 244 to 253 in e4e8716

	def main():
	try:
	run(sys.argv, sys.stdin, sys.stdout)
	except EnvironmentError as e:
	# Workaround for close failed in file object destructor: sys.excepthook is missing lost sys.stderr
	# http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7955138/addressing-sys-excepthook-error-in-bash-script
	sys.stderr.write(str(e) + '\n')
	sys.exit(1)
	except KeyboardInterrupt:
	sys.exit(1)

Something like:

# error handling skipped
pawk.run(["pawk", "/etc/"], io.StringIO("/tmp\n/dev\n/etc/passwd\n"), sys.stdout)

Or maybe you can figure out how to call this method directly

pawk/pawk.py

Line 163 in e4e8716

def process(context, input, output, begin_statement, actions, end_statement, strict, header):