From dd0108081b1a4b44d712477308b9764139ebc6a2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Guido van Rossum Date: Fri, 7 Jun 1991 14:31:11 +0000 Subject: Mention "-c command" option. --- Doc/tut.tex | 8 ++++++-- Doc/tut/tut.tex | 8 ++++++-- 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/Doc/tut.tex b/Doc/tut.tex index ee3e47d..6a4767d 100644 --- a/Doc/tut.tex +++ b/Doc/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}, 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}, -- cgit v0.12