import sys
print("This is the name of the script:", sys.argv[0])
print("Number of arguments:", len(sys.argv))
print("The arguments are:" , str(sys.argv))
#Example output
#This is the name of the script: sysargv.py
#Number of arguments in: 3
#The arguments are: ['sysargv.py', 'arg1', 'arg2']
python pass arguments in command line -
# Python program to demonstrate
# command line arguments
import getopt, sys
# Remove 1st argument from the
# list of command line arguments
argumentList = sys.argv[1:]
# Options
options = "hmo:"
# Long options
long_options = ["Help", "My_file", "Output="]
try:
# Parsing argument
arguments, values = getopt.getopt(argumentList, options, long_options)
# checking each argument
for currentArgument, currentValue in arguments:
if currentArgument in ("-h", "--Help"):
print ("Displaying Help")
elif currentArgument in ("-m", "--My_file"):
print ("Displaying file_name:", sys.argv[0])
elif currentArgument in ("-o", "--Output"):
print (("Enabling special output mode (% s)") % (currentValue))
except getopt.error as err:
# output error, and return with an error code
print (str(err))