Using command line args on Windows

[k8]

Hello-

I'm stuck on a Windows machine today and would love to fully play with
and test a simple python script. I want to be able to type "python
myscript myarg" somewhere. Is there anything out there to help me? My
main concern is playing with the myarg in the sys.argv list. I've been
mucking around with IDLE without much success.

[Larry Bates]

Re: Using command line args on Windows

1) Start a command prompt window
(Start-Programs-Accessories-Command Prompt)
2) Change to directory where the python program is stored
(cd \<path-where-script-stored>)
3) Type python myscript.py myarg

-Larry Bates


k8 wrote:[color=blue]
> Hello-
>
> I'm stuck on a Windows machine today and would love to fully play with
> and test a simple python script. I want to be able to type "python
> myscript myarg" somewhere. Is there anything out there to help me? My
> main concern is playing with the myarg in the sys.argv list. I've been
> mucking around with IDLE without much success.
>[/color]

[Diez B. Roggisch]

Re: Using command line args on Windows

k8 wrote:[color=blue]
> Hello-
>
> I'm stuck on a Windows machine today and would love to fully play with
> and test a simple python script. I want to be able to type "python
> myscript myarg" somewhere. Is there anything out there to help me? My
> main concern is playing with the myarg in the sys.argv list. I've been
> mucking around with IDLE without much success.[/color]

Install cygwin. Don't confuse the cygwin python version with your
separately installed one, or don't install python via cygwin.

Regards,

Diez

[k8]

Re: Using command line args on Windows

Thank you thank you thank you- The windows command line sol worked.

-k8

[Diez B. Roggisch]

Re: Using command line args on Windows

k8 wrote:[color=blue]
> Thank you thank you thank you- The windows command line sol worked.[/color]

It sure does. But it sucks.. bad tab-completion, few tools, short
history, limited command-line-editing and so on. But if you want it the
hard way, it's your choice :)

Diez

[Fredrik Lundh]

Re: Using command line args on Windows

"k8" wrote:
[color=blue]
> I'm stuck on a Windows machine today and would love to fully play with
> and test a simple python script. I want to be able to type "python
> myscript myarg" somewhere. Is there anything out there to help me?[/color]

footnote: if you'd prefer to type "myscript myarg" instead, you might want
to check out this tool:

http://effbot.org/zone/exemaker.htm

</F>

[Duncan Booth]

Re: Using command line args on Windows

Fredrik Lundh wrote:
[color=blue][color=green]
>> I'm stuck on a Windows machine today and would love to fully play
>> with and test a simple python script. I want to be able to type
>> "python myscript myarg" somewhere. Is there anything out there to
>> help me?[/color]
>
> footnote: if you'd prefer to type "myscript myarg" instead, you might
> want to check out this tool:
>
> http://effbot.org/zone/exemaker.htm[/color]

or even just do:

SET PATHEXT=.py;%PA THEXT%

and then "myscript myarg" will work for all scripts on your path without
compiling (if you don't set PATHEXT then "myscript.p y myarg" will still
work, and tab completion means you don't generally need to type the .py for
scripts in the current directory).

[Tim Roberts]

Re: Using command line args on Windows

Duncan Booth <duncan.booth@i nvalid.invalid> wrote:
[color=blue]
>Fredrik Lundh wrote:
>[color=green]
>> footnote: if you'd prefer to type "myscript myarg" instead, you might
>> want to check out this tool:
>>
>> http://effbot.org/zone/exemaker.htm[/color]
>
>or even just do:
>
> SET PATHEXT=.py;%PA THEXT%
>
>and then "myscript myarg" will work for all scripts on your path without
>compiling (if you don't set PATHEXT then "myscript.p y myarg" will still
>work, and tab completion means you don't generally need to type the .py for
>scripts in the current directory).[/color]

The downside to this is that there is a bug in the NT/2K/XP command
interpreter which will prevent redirecting from stdin in that case. That
is:

C:\Tmp>type x.py
import sys
print sys.stdin.readl ine()

C:\Tmp>echo 123 | python x.py
123

C:\Tmp>echo 123 | x.py
The process tried to write to a nonexistent pipe.

C:\Tmp>python x.py < x.py
import sys

C:\Tmp>x.py < x.py

C:\Tmp>
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