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16.5.3.1 Command line usage
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idle.py [-c command] [-d] [-e] [-s] [-t title] [arg] ...
-c command run this command
-e edit mode; arguments are files to be edited
-s run $IDLESTARTUP or $PYTHONSTARTUP first
-t title set title of shell window
<LI>If
<b class=
"programopt">-e
</b> is used, arguments are files opened for
editing and
<code>sys.argv
</code> reflects the arguments passed to
<LI>Otherwise, if
<b class=
"programopt">-c
</b> is used, all arguments are
placed in
<code>sys.argv[
1:...]
</code>, with
<code>sys.argv[
0]
</code> set
<LI>Otherwise, if neither
<b class=
"programopt">-e
</b> nor
<b class=
"programopt">-c
</b> is
used, the first argument is a script which is executed with
the remaining arguments in
<code>sys.argv[
1:...]
</code> and
<code>sys.argv[
0]
</code> set to the script name. If the script name
is '-', no script is executed but an interactive Python
session is started; the arguments are still available in
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