gistfile1.txt

import pexpect
#from subprocess import *

if sys.argv[0] == "--bin":
    server_bin = sys.argv[1]
else:
    # if len(sys.argv) > 1:
    #     options = sys.argv
    # else:
    #     options = "-Xms512M -Xmx512M -cp minecraft-server.jar com.mojang.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer"
    server_bin = "java -Xms512M -Xmx512M -cp minecraft-server.jar com.mojang.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer"
child = pexpect.spawn(server_bin)
child.logfile = sys.stdout
#on irc line: child.sendline(txt)
child.expect("<[^<>]+>") #find chat lines, ex:  2010-09-21 19:50:50 [INFO] <dale1v> agh bugger from console

#server = Popen(['java', options], shell=True, stdin=PIPE, stdout=PIPE)