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diff --git a/Doc/tut/tut.tex b/Doc/tut/tut.tex index 9cb665a..ba0e3fd 100644 --- a/Doc/tut/tut.tex +++ b/Doc/tut/tut.tex @@ -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}} |