Run indented python code in a shell function so that things look nice and readable.

run-python-command-in-shell.sh

# a template that does nothing. the actual python script is 100% indented.
foo() {
    python -c 'import textwrap; exec(textwrap.dedent(r"""
        import sys
        # remove the first argument, since it will just be '-c'
        sys.argv.pop(0)
        # put your actual code below
    """+" "*4))' "$@"
}

# an example that does something
foo() {
    python -c 'import textwrap; exec(textwrap.dedent(r"""
        import sys, os
        # remove the first argument, since it will just be '-c'
        sys.argv.pop(0)
        sys.stdout.write("this is a test of dedenting a script.")
        for arg in sys.argv:
            sys.stdout.write("\nargument passed: " + arg)
        sys.stdout.write("\ncwd: " + os.getcwd())
    """+" "*4))' "$@"
}