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This document provides usage instructions for the Python interpreter, detailing various command-line options and their corresponding environment variables. Options include controlling bytecode generation, running scripts, and modifying the behavior of the interpreter. It also outlines how to pass arguments and provides help commands for further assistance.

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The following help text is from Python

This document provides usage instructions for the Python interpreter, detailing various command-line options and their corresponding environment variables. Options include controlling bytecode generation, running scripts, and modifying the behavior of the interpreter. It also outlines how to pass arguments and provides help commands for further assistance.

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The following help text is from Python:

usage: C:\Users\mfrea\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python311\
python.exe [option] ... [-c cmd | -m mod | file | -] [arg] ...
Options (and corresponding environment variables):
-b : issue warnings about str(bytes_instance),
str(bytearray_instance)
and comparing bytes/bytearray with str. (-bb: issue errors)
-B : don't write .pyc files on import; also
PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=x
-c cmd : program passed in as string (terminates option list)
-d : turn on parser debugging output (for experts only, only works
on
debug builds); also PYTHONDEBUG=x
-E : ignore PYTHON* environment variables (such as PYTHONPATH)
-h : print this help message and exit (also -? or --help)
-i : inspect interactively after running script; forces a prompt even
if stdin does not appear to be a terminal; also
PYTHONINSPECT=x
-I : isolate Python from the user's environment (implies -E and -s)
-m mod : run library module as a script (terminates option list)
-O : remove assert and __debug__-dependent statements; add .opt-
1 before
.pyc extension; also PYTHONOPTIMIZE=x
-OO : do -O changes and also discard docstrings; add .opt-2 before
.pyc extension
-P : don't prepend a potentially unsafe path to sys.path
-q : don't print version and copyright messages on interactive
startup
-s : don't add user site directory to sys.path; also
PYTHONNOUSERSITE
-S : don't imply 'import site' on initialization
-u : force the stdout and stderr streams to be unbuffered;
this option has no effect on stdin; also PYTHONUNBUFFERED=x
-v : verbose (trace import statements); also PYTHONVERBOSE=x
can be supplied multiple times to increase verbosity
-V : print the Python version number and exit (also --version)
when given twice, print more information about the build
-W arg : warning control; arg is
action:message:category:module:lineno
also PYTHONWARNINGS=arg
-x : skip first line of source, allowing use of non-Unix forms of #!
cmd
-X opt : set implementation-specific option
--check-hash-based-pycs always|default|never:
control how Python invalidates hash-based .pyc files
--help-env : print help about Python environment variables and exit
--help-xoptions : print help about implementation-specific -X options
and exit
--help-all : print complete help information and exit
Arguments:
file : program read from script file
- : program read from stdin (default; interactive mode if a tty)
arg ...: arguments passed to program in sys.argv[1:]

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