2008/9/27 Wolfgang Woehl <tito(a)rumford.de>de>:
  Emanuel Rumpf:
  python -c "d='monday'.capitalize();
print d[0:3]" 
 Instan methods, whoa. You win :) Can you get rid of d?
 
like this: ?
python -c "print 'monday'[:3].capitalize()"
with use of stdin:
echo "monday" | python -c "import sys; print
sys.stdin.read().capitalize()[:3]"