#!/usr/bin/env python
"""
repres.py - Use Python String Representation
Author: Sean B. Palmer, inamidst.com
"""

import sys, fileinput
from optparse import OptionParser

def repres(input, options, out=sys.stdout): 
   if options.multiline: 
      out.write('%r\n' % ''.join(input))
   else: out.writelines('%r\n' % line for line in input)

def main(argv=None): 
   parser = OptionParser(usage='%prog [options] <filenames>*')
   parser.add_option("-m", "--multiline", dest="multiline", 
                     action="store_true", default=False, 
                     help="read in the whole file at once")
   options, args = parser.parse_args(argv)

   if not args: input = sys.stdin
   else: input = fileinput.input(args)

   try: repres(input, options)
   except IOError: pass

if __name__=="__main__": 
   main()