1. 命令列與環境

The CPython interpreter scans the command line and the environment for various settings.

CPython 實作細節: Other implementations' command line schemes may differ. See 可選實作 for further resources.

1.1. 命令列

When invoking Python, you may specify any of these options:

python [-bBdEhiIOPqRsSuvVWx?] [-c command | -m module-name | script | - ] [args]

The most common use case is, of course, a simple invocation of a script:

python myscript.py

1.1.1. 介面選項

The interpreter interface resembles that of the UNIX shell, but provides some additional methods of invocation:

  • When called with standard input connected to a tty device, it prompts for commands and executes them until an EOF (an end-of-file character, you can produce that with Ctrl-D on UNIX or Ctrl-Z, Enter on Windows) is read. For more on interactive mode, see 互動模式.

  • When called with a file name argument or with a file as standard input, it reads and executes a script from that file.

  • When called with a directory name argument, it reads and executes an appropriately named script from that directory.

  • When called with -c command, it executes the Python statement(s) given as command. Here command may contain multiple statements separated by newlines. Leading whitespace is significant in Python statements!

  • When called with -m module-name, the given module is located on the Python module path and executed as a script.

In non-interactive mode, the entire input is parsed before it is executed.

An interface option terminates the list of options consumed by the interpreter, all consecutive arguments will end up in sys.argv -- note that the first element, subscript zero (sys.argv[0]), is a string reflecting the program's source.

-c <command>

Execute the Python code in command. command can be one or more statements separated by newlines, with significant leading whitespace as in normal module code.

If this option is given, the first element of sys.argv will be "-c" and the current directory will be added to the start of sys.path (allowing modules in that directory to be imported as top level modules).

引發一個附帶引數 command稽核事件 cpython.run_command

在 3.14 版的變更: command is automatically dedented before execution.

-m <module-name>

Search sys.path for the named module and execute its contents as the __main__ module.

Since the argument is a module name, you must not give a file extension (.py). The module name should be a valid absolute Python module name, but the implementation may not always enforce this (e.g. it may allow you to use a name that includes a hyphen).

Package names (including namespace packages) are also permitted. When a package name is supplied instead of a normal module, the interpreter will execute <pkg>.__main__ as the main module. This behaviour is deliberately similar to the handling of directories and zipfiles that are passed to the interpreter as the script argument.

備註

This option cannot be used with built-in modules and extension modules written in C, since they do not have Python module files. However, it can still be used for precompiled modules, even if the original source file is not available.

If this option is given, the first element of sys.argv will be the full path to the module file (while the module file is being located, the first element will be set to "-m"). As with the -c option, the current directory will be added to the start of sys.path.

-I option can be used to run the script in isolated mode where sys.path contains neither the current directory nor the user's site-packages directory. All PYTHON* environment variables are ignored, too.

Many standard library modules contain code that is invoked on their execution as a script. An example is the timeit module:

python -m timeit -s "setup here" "benchmarked code here"
python -m timeit -h # for details

引發一個附帶引數 module-name稽核事件 cpython.run_module

也參考

runpy.run_module()

Equivalent functionality directly available to Python code

PEP 338 -- Executing modules as scripts

在 3.1 版的變更: Supply the package name to run a __main__ submodule.

在 3.4 版的變更: namespace packages are also supported

-

Read commands from standard input (sys.stdin). If standard input is a terminal, -i is implied.

If this option is given, the first element of sys.argv will be "-" and the current directory will be added to the start of sys.path.

引發一個不附帶引數的稽核事件 cpython.run_stdin

<script>

Execute the Python code contained in script, which must be a filesystem path (absolute or relative) referring to either a Python file, a directory containing a __main__.py file, or a zipfile containing a __main__.py file.

If this option is given, the first element of sys.argv will be the script name as given on the command line.

If the script name refers directly to a Python file, the directory containing that file is added to the start of sys.path, and the file is executed as the __main__ module.

If the script name refers to a directory or zipfile, the script name is added to the start of sys.path and the __main__.py file in that location is executed as the __main__ module.

-I option can be used to run the script in isolated mode where sys.path contains neither the script's directory nor the user's site-packages directory. All PYTHON* environment variables are ignored, too.

引發一個附帶引數 filename稽核事件 cpython.run_file

也參考

runpy.run_path()

Equivalent functionality directly available to Python code

If no interface option is given, -i is implied, sys.argv[0] is an empty string ("") and the current directory will be added to the start of sys.path. Also, tab-completion and history editing is automatically enabled, if available on your platform (see Readline configuration).

也參考

啟動直譯器

在 3.4 版的變更: Automatic enabling of tab-completion and history editing.

1.1.2. Generic options

-?
-h
--help

Print a short description of all command line options and corresponding environment variables and exit.

--help-env

Print a short description of Python-specific environment variables and exit.

在 3.11 版被加入.

--help-xoptions

Print a description of implementation-specific -X options and exit.

在 3.11 版被加入.

--help-all

印出完整使用資訊並離開。

在 3.11 版被加入.

-V
--version

Print the Python version number and exit. Example output could be:

Python 3.8.0b2+

When given twice, print more information about the build, like:

Python 3.8.0b2+ (3.8:0c076caaa8, Apr 20 2019, 21:55:00)
[GCC 6.2.0 20161005]

在 3.6 版被加入: -VV 選項

1.1.3. Miscellaneous options

-b

Issue a warning when converting bytes or bytearray to str without specifying encoding or comparing bytes or bytearray with str or bytes with int. Issue an error when the option is given twice (-bb).

在 3.5 版的變更: Affects also comparisons of bytes with int.