Sample bash script with embedded python script

bash_with_python.sh

#!/bin/bash

python_code_in_bash() {

python3 <(cat <<EOF
import sys

lines = sys.stdin.readlines()
print("Read {} lines from STDIN.".format(len(lines)))

print("Line {:<3}: {:<30} | {:<30}".format("N", "STDIN", "to lower"))
print("{:-<7} : {:-<30} | {:-<30}".format("", "", ""))
for cnt, line in enumerate(lines):
    pline = line[:30]
    print("Line {:<3}: {:<30} | {:<30}".format(cnt,
                                               pline.strip(),
                                               pline.strip().lower()))
print()
print("Number of args passed: {}".format(len(sys.argv)))
for cnt, arg in enumerate(sys.argv):
    print("{}: {}".format(cnt, arg))
EOF
) $@
}

echo -e 'THIS IS A VERY LONG LINE OF TEXT THAT IS CUTTED\nSMALL LINE\nCONVERTED TO LOWCASE' | python_code_in_bash arg1 arg2