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Python programming ScriptingFinn Arup NielsenDTU ComputeTechnical University of DenmarkJuly 4, 2014Python scriptingOverviewHow to make a command-line script (as oppose to a module)?HeaderArgument parsing__main__Command-line inputStandard input/output and pipingFinn Arup Nielsen1July 4, 2014Python scriptingNamingIt is not necessary to call a script run from the command-line with the .py it might be better to hide the implementation (that it is writtenin Python ) from the user (for some operating systems).Finn Arup Nielsen2July 4, 2014Python scriptingHeader in Linux-like environmentThe hash-bang at the top#!/usr/bin/pythonenabling you to run the script like (after setting of the ecexcution bit withchmod a+x myscript):$ myscriptrather than$ Python myscriptor if you are afraid the Python program you want is not installed in /usr/bin(thinkvirtualenv):#!

Python scripting Argument parsing in the old days For reading/parsing the command-line arguments in sys.argv you can write your own code, but there are developers who have written module

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