在Python for Unix and Linux System Administration列出了几个选择python的理由：
易入门
上手后可进行系统管理
能解决复杂问题
代码简洁，易读
关键字使陌生代码易读
面向对象
社区优秀
很好的标准库
python的基础例子在这里，很有意思，下一个例子的行数是递增的
http://wiki.python.org/moin/SimplePrograms
例1.输出显示–Output
print 'Hello world'
例2.变量以提示输入的方式赋值，并打印出来–Input, assignment
name = raw_input('What is your name?\n')
print 'Hi, %s.' % name
例3.for循环，内置的列举函数，format格式–For loop, built-in enumerate function, new style formatting
friends = ['jhon', 'pat', 'gary', 'micheal']
for i, name in enumerate(friends):
print "iteration {iteration} is {name}".format(iteration=i, name=name)
例4.斐波纳契，元组的赋值–Fibonacci, tuple assignment
parents, babies = (1, 1)
while babies < 100:
print 'This generation has {0} babies'.format(babies)
parents, babies = (babies, parents + babies)
例5.函数–Functions
def greet(name):
print 'hello', name
greet('Jack')
greet('Jill')
greet('Bob')
例6.import，正则表达式–Import, regular expressions。这里是匹配3位数字-4位数字的字符串。
import re
for test_string in [ '555-1212', 'ILL-EGAL' ]:
if re.match(r'^\d{3}-\d{4}', test_string):
print test_string, 'is a valid US local phone number'
else:
print test_string, 'rejected'
例7.字典，生成表达式–Dictionaries, generator expressions
prices = { 'apple': 0.40, 'banana': 0.50 }
my_purchase = {
'apple': 1,
'banana':6}
grocery_bill = sum(prices[fruit] * my_purchase[fruit]
for fruit in my_purchase)
print 'I owe the grocer $%.2f' % grocery_bill
例8.调用命令参数，异常处理–Command line arguments, exception handling
#!/usr/bin/env python
# This program adds up integers in the command line
import sys
try:
total = sum(int(arg) for arg in sys.argv[1:])
print 'sum =', total
except ValueError:
print 'Please supply integer arguments'
上面是将跟的参数相加，如果不是整数，则提示需输入整数
$ python se8.py 1 2 3 4 5 6
sum = 21
$ python se8.py 1 2 3 4 5 a
Please supply integer arguments
例9.打开文件–Opening files
# indent your Python code to put into an email
import glob
# glob supports Unix style pathname extensions
python_files = glob.glob('*.py')
for file_name in sorted(python_files):
print ' ------' + file_name
with open(file_name) as f:
for line in f:
print ' ' + line.rstrip()
print
例10.时间，条件，from..import,for ..else循环 — Time, conditionals, from..import, for..else
from time import localtime
activities = {8: 'Sleeping',
9: 'Commuting',
17: 'Working',
18: 'Commuting',
20: 'Eating',
22: 'Resting' }
time_now = localtime()
hour = time_now.tm_hour
for activity_time in sorted(activities.keys()):
if hour < activity_time:
print activities[activity_time]
break
else:
print 'Unknown, AFK or sleeping!'
整理一些小知识
段落注释的方法
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