#!/usr/bin/env python import sys if __name__ == '__main__': if len(sys.argv) != 3: print(sys.argv[0], 'input_file output_file') sys.exit(1) with open(sys.argv[1]) as f: ifile = f.read() if ifile != 'This is a binary output file.\n': print('Malformed input') sys.exit(1) with open(sys.argv[2], 'w') as ofile: ofile.write('This is a different binary output file.\n')