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Secret Recipes of the Python Ninja

You're reading from   Secret Recipes of the Python Ninja Over 70 recipes that uncover powerful programming tactics in Python

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Product type Paperback
Published in May 2018
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781788294874
Length 380 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Cody Jackson Cody Jackson
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Preface 1. Working with Python Modules FREE CHAPTER 2. Utilizing the Python Interpreter 3. Working with Decorators 4. Using Python Collections 5. Generators, Coroutines, and Parallel Processing 6. Working with Python's Math Module 7. Improving Python Performance with PyPy 8. Python Enhancement Proposals 9. Documenting with LyX 10. Other Books You May Enjoy

Utilizing Python command options

When used non-interactively, the Python interpreter monitors the command line and parses all input before the command is actually executed. The following snippet shows all the possible options available when calling Python from the command line:

python [-bBdEhiIOqsSuvVWx?] [-c command | -m module-name | script | - ] [args] 

When working with a command line interface (CLI), examples of shell commands often show square brackets [] to indicate optional instructions. In this case, there are three groups of optional input that can be provided to the python command: generic options, interface options, and arguments.

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  1. A number of options are available for the Python command-line...
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