if args.secret:  # provided as a positional argument

		secret = args.secret

	elif sys.stdin.isatty():  # input from terminal

		secret = input("Enter your secret:\n")

	else:  # redirected from other source

		secret = sys.stdin.read()

	try:

		shares = generate(secret, args.k, args.n, encoding)

		for s in shares:

			print(s)

	except SException as e:

def _reconstruct(args):

	encoding = get_encoding(args)

	if args.share:  # provided as a positional argument

		shares = args.share

	elif sys.stdin.isatty():  # input from terminal

		print("Enter the shares, each on separate line, end with an empty line:")

		shares = []

		while not shares or shares[-1]:

			shares.append(input())

		shares.pop()

	else:  # redirected from other source

		shares = sys.stdin.read().split()

	try:

		print(reconstruct(*shares, encoding=encoding, raw=args.raw))

	except SException as e:

def get_encoding(args):

	if args.hex: return "hex"

	elif args.b32: return "b32"

	elif args.b64: return "b64"

	else: return ""