- USAGE: idle [-deins] [-t title] [file]*
idle [-dns] [-t title] (-c cmd | -r file) [arg]* idle [-dns] [-t title] - [arg]*
-h print this help message and exit -n run IDLE without a subprocess (DEPRECATED, see Help/IDLE Help for details)
The following options will override the IDLE 'settings' configuration:
-e open an edit window -i open a shell window
The following options imply -i and will open a shell:
-c cmd run the command in a shell, or -r file run script from file -d enable the debugger -s run $IDLESTARTUP or $PYTHONSTARTUP before anything else -t title set title of shell window
A default edit window will be bypassed when -c, -r, or - are used.
[arg]* are passed to the command (-c) or script (-r) in sys.argv[1:].
Examples:
- idle
- Open an edit window or shell depending on IDLE's configuration.
- idle foo.py foobar.py
- Edit the files, also open a shell if configured to start with shell.
- idle -est "Baz" foo.py
- Run $IDLESTARTUP or $PYTHONSTARTUP, edit foo.py, and open a shell window with the title "Baz".
- idle -c "import sys; print(sys.argv)" "foo"
- Open a shell window and run the command, passing "-c" in sys.argv[0] and "foo" in sys.argv[1].
- idle -d -s -r foo.py "Hello World"
- Open a shell window, run a startup script, enable the debugger, and run foo.py, passing "foo.py" in sys.argv[0] and "Hello World" in sys.argv[1].
- echo "import sys; print(sys.argv)" | idle - "foobar"
- Open a shell window, run the script piped in, passing '' in sys.argv[0] and "foobar" in sys.argv[1].