python cmd line code example

Example 1: how to run cmd line commands in python

import os

os.system("javac lolol.java")# or something....

Example 2: 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