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I get the following error when I run the following command. I think that help may use something that don't work well with pipe. Could anybody take a look?
~/linux/bin/xplat/src/pymisc/pyhelp/main$ ( echo 'import os'; echo 'help(os)'; )| python |head
Help on module os:
NAME
 os - OS routines for Mac, NT, or Posix depending on what system we're on.
FILE
 /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/os.py
MODULE DOCS
 http://docs.python.org/library/os
Traceback (most recent call last):
 File "<stdin>", line 2, in <module>
 File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site.py", line 467, in __call__
 return pydoc.help(*args, **kwds)
 File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/pydoc.py", line 1727, in __call__
 self.help(request)
 File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/pydoc.py", line 1774, in help
 else: doc(request, 'Help on %s:')
 File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/pydoc.py", line 1511, in doc
 pager(render_doc(thing, title, forceload))
 File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/pydoc.py", line 1318, in pager
 pager(text)
 File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/pydoc.py", line 1416, in plainpager
 sys.stdout.write(plain(text))
IOError: [Errno 32] Broken pipe
~/linux/bin/xplat/src/pymisc/pyhelp/main$ ( echo 'import os'; echo 'help(os)'; )| python
Help on module os:
NAME
 os - OS routines for Mac, NT, or Posix depending on what system we're on.
FILE
 /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/os.py
MODULE DOCS
 http://docs.python.org/library/os
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