Command Line Arguments

Command Line Arguments    AU : Dec.-19, Marks 2

In python the sys module is used to use the command line arguments. There are three important steps to be followed while accessing the command line arguments

1. Import the sys module

2. We can use sys.argv for getting the list of command line arguments.

3. The len(sys.argv) gives total number of command line arguments.

The python program illustrating the access to command line arguments is as given below.

Step 1: Write a python script as follows. Here the name of the script file is CmdLine.py

Step 2: The command prompt window is opened and type the python command at the prompt and we get the output of the above program

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1. How to use command line arguments in Python. AU : Dec.-19, Marks 2