#!/usr/bin/python2.5 import sys print >>sys.stderr, 'child' print >>sys.stderr, 'check /tmp/blah.txt later. It should contain:' print >>sys.stderr, 'haha!' print >>sys.stderr, 'hehe!' print >>sys.stderr, 'EOF on stdin' print >>sys.stderr sys.stderr.flush() f = open('/tmp/blah.txt', 'w') sys.stdout.close() for line in sys.stdin: f.write(line) f.flush() f.write('EOF on stdin\n') f.flush()