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SF patch #1035498: -m option to run a module as a script

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(Contributed by Nick Coghlan.)
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Raymond Hettinger 2004-10-07 06:46:25 +00:00
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@ -205,6 +205,11 @@ executes the statement(s) in \var{command}, analogous to the shell's
or other characters that are special to the shell, it is best to quote
\var{command} in its entirety with double quotes.
Some Python modules are also useful as scripts. These can be invoked using
\samp{\program{python} \programopt{-m} \var{module} [arg] ...}, which
executes the source file for \var{module} as if you had spelled out its
full name on the command line.
Note that there is a difference between \samp{python file} and
\samp{python <file}. In the latter case, input requests from the
program, such as calls to \function{input()} and \function{raw_input()}, are
@ -229,9 +234,11 @@ one; when no script and no arguments are given, \code{sys.argv[0]} is
an empty string. When the script name is given as \code{'-'} (meaning
standard input), \code{sys.argv[0]} is set to \code{'-'}. When
\programopt{-c} \var{command} is used, \code{sys.argv[0]} is set to
\code{'-c'}. Options found after \programopt{-c} \var{command} are
not consumed by the Python interpreter's option processing but left in
\code{sys.argv} for the command to handle.
\code{'-c'}. When \programopt{-m} \var{module} is used, \code{sys.argv[0]}
is set to the full name of the located module. Options found after
\programopt{-c} \var{command} or \programopt{-m} \var{module} are not consumed
by the Python interpreter's option processing but left in \code{sys.argv} for
the command or module to handle.
\subsection{Interactive Mode \label{interactive}}