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authorGeorg Brandl <georg@python.org>2008-05-30 19:17:29 (GMT)
committerGeorg Brandl <georg@python.org>2008-05-30 19:17:29 (GMT)
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Better quote with single quotes.
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@@ -51,8 +51,8 @@ and executes a *script* from that file.
A second way of starting the interpreter is ``python -c command [arg] ...``,
which executes the statement(s) in *command*, analogous to the shell's
:option:`-c` option. Since Python statements often contain spaces or other
-characters that are special to the shell, it is best to quote *command* in its
-entirety with double quotes.
+characters that are special to the shell, it is usually advised to quote
+*command* in its entirety with single quotes.
Some Python modules are also useful as scripts. These can be invoked using
``python -m module [arg] ...``, which executes the source file for *module* as