Questions

• How can I write Python programs that will work like Unix command-line tools?

Objectives

• Use the values of command-line arguments in a program.
• Handle flags and files separately in a command-line program.

Lecture

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Jupyter Notebook File

Please use the Jupyter notebook named "10CommandLinePrograms.ipynb" for this lesson. If you haven't downloaded them already, you may find them here.

Key Points

• The sys library connects a Python program to the system it is running on.
• The list sys.argv contains the command-line arguments that a program was run with.