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diff --git a/Doc/tut/tut.tex b/Doc/tut/tut.tex index ee3e47d..6a4767d 100644 --- a/Doc/tut/tut.tex +++ b/Doc/tut/tut.tex @@ -169,12 +169,16 @@ from that file.% you want) they are satisfied from whatever file or device is connected to standard input of the Python interpreter. } -If available, the script name and additional arguments thereafter are +A third possibility is ``{\tt python -c command [arg] ...}'', which +executes the statement(s) in {\tt command}, in analogy of the shell's +{\tt -c} option. +When available, the script name and additional arguments thereafter are passed to the script in the variable {\tt sys.argv}, which is a list of strings. +When {\tt -c command} is used, {\tt sys.argv} is set to {\tt '-c'}. -When standard input is a tty, the interpreter is said to be in +When commands are read from a tty, the interpreter is said to be in {\em interactive\ mode}. In this mode it prompts for the next command with the {\em primary\ prompt}, |