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+import asyncio
+import sys
+
+# copied from https://stackoverflow.com/questions/64303607/python-asyncio-how-to-read-stdin-and-write-to-stdout
+async def connect_stdin_stdout():
+  loop = asyncio.get_event_loop()
+  reader = asyncio.StreamReader()
+  protocol = asyncio.StreamReaderProtocol(reader)
+  await loop.connect_read_pipe(lambda: protocol, sys.stdin)
+  w_transport, w_protocol = await loop.connect_write_pipe(asyncio.streams.FlowControlMixin, sys.stdout)
+  writer = asyncio.StreamWriter(w_transport, w_protocol, reader, loop)
+  return reader, writer
+
+async def pipe_loop(reader, writer):
+  while True:
+    res = await reader.read(1024)
+    if not res:
+      break
+    writer.write(res)
+    await writer.drain()
+
+async def main():
+  reader, writer = await connect_stdin_stdout()
+  tcp_reader, tcp_writer = await asyncio.open_connection('localhost', 9876)
+  task_totcp = asyncio.create_task(pipe_loop(reader, tcp_writer))
+  task_fromtcp = asyncio.create_task(pipe_loop(tcp_reader, writer))
+  await asyncio.wait([task_totcp, task_fromtcp])
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    asyncio.run(main())