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16.5.3.1 Command line usage</A>
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idle.py [-c command] [-d] [-e] [-s] [-t title] [arg] ...
-c command run this command
-d enable debugger
-e edit mode; arguments are files to be edited
-s run $IDLESTARTUP or $PYTHONSTARTUP first
-t title set title of shell window
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If there are arguments:
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<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
IDLE itself.
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<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
to <code>'-c'</code>.
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<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
<code>sys.argv</code>.
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