tccrun

#!/usr/bin/python3
"""
A simple script that accepts c statements as arguments,
compiles and runs them with tcc (Tiny C Compiler).

usage example:
   ./tccrun 'printf("hello %s", "world\n")' 'return 0'
   It is necessary to enclose arguments in single quotes
"""

import sys
import subprocess

# statements may or may not include a semi-colon
code = "main(){%s;}" % ';'.join(sys.argv[1:])

# using tcc -w flag to suppress all warnings
p = subprocess.run('tcc -run -w -'.split(),
        input = code,
        capture_output=True,
        text = True)

print(p.stdout, end="")
exit(p.returncode)