#! /usr/bin/env python # www2.py -- print the contents of a URL on stdout # - error checking import sys import urllib import types def main(): if len(sys.argv) != 2 or sys.argv[1][:1] == '-': print "Usage:", sys.argv[0], "url" sys.exit(2) url = sys.argv[1] fp = my_urlopen(url) while 1: line = fp.readline() if not line: break sys.stdout.write(line) def my_urlopen(url): try: fp = urllib.urlopen(url) return fp except IOError, msg: if type(msg) == types.TupleType and len(msg) == 4: print msg[:3] m = msg[3] for line in m.headers: sys.stdout.write(line) else: print msg sys.exit(1) main()