command flags python code example
Example 1: python get command line arguments
import sys
print("This is the name of the script:", sys.argv[0])
print("Number of arguments:", len(sys.argv))
print("The arguments are:" , str(sys.argv))
Example 2: python argument command line
import sys
print 'Number of arguments:', len(sys.argv), 'arguments.'
print 'Argument List:', str(sys.argv)
Example 3: run python with options
import argparse
import sys
parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Does some awesome things.")
parser.add_argument('message', type=str, help="pass a message into the script")
if __name__ == '__main__':
args = parser.parse_args(sys.argv[1:])
print args.message