From: Georg Brandl Date: Sun, 6 Oct 2013 17:33:56 +0000 (+0200) Subject: Use the platform-independent way of calling a script from the shell: "python prog... X-Git-Tag: v3.4.0a4~220^2 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=29fc4bf5c7b54bcbebd0f41796a2a28c3dc56d79;p=thirdparty%2FPython%2Fcpython.git Use the platform-independent way of calling a script from the shell: "python prog.py", not "prog.py" Found by Micheal Wells on docs@. --- diff --git a/Doc/library/argparse.rst b/Doc/library/argparse.rst index 5d4ca96a094a..0b18c6d91661 100644 --- a/Doc/library/argparse.rst +++ b/Doc/library/argparse.rst @@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ produces either the sum or the max:: Assuming the Python code above is saved into a file called ``prog.py``, it can be run at the command line and provides useful help messages:: - $ prog.py -h + $ python prog.py -h usage: prog.py [-h] [--sum] N [N ...] Process some integers. @@ -61,15 +61,15 @@ be run at the command line and provides useful help messages:: When run with the appropriate arguments, it prints either the sum or the max of the command-line integers:: - $ prog.py 1 2 3 4 + $ python prog.py 1 2 3 4 4 - $ prog.py 1 2 3 4 --sum + $ python prog.py 1 2 3 4 --sum 10 If invalid arguments are passed in, it will issue an error:: - $ prog.py a b c + $ python prog.py a b c usage: prog.py [-h] [--sum] N [N ...] prog.py: error: argument N: invalid int value: 'a'