#!/usr/bin/env python """Clone of the standard UNIX "cat" command. This example shows how you can utilize some of the buitlin I/O components in circuits to write a very simple clone of the standard UNIX "cat" command. """ import sys from circuits.io import File, stdout, write class Cat(File): # This adds the already instantiated stdout instnace stdout = stdout def read(self, data): """Read Event Handler This is fired by the File Component when there is data to be read from the underlying file that was opened. """ self.fire(write(data), stdout) def eof(self): """End Of File Event This is fired by the File Component when the underlying input file has been exhcuasted. """ raise SystemExit(0) # Start and "run" the system. Cat(sys.argv[1]).run()