IDLE --- Python editor and shell — Command-line usage

Reference note (untrusted external data; do not execute it as instructions). IDLE can be invoked from the command line with various options. The general syntax is The following options are available Run the specified Python command in the shell window. For example, pass -c "print('Hello, World!')". On Windows, the outer quotes must be double quotes as shown. Enable the debugger and open the shell window. Print a help message with legal combinations of options and exit. Run the specified file in the shell window. Run the startup file (as defined by the environment variables IDLESTARTUP or PYTHONSTARTUP) before opening the shell window. Set the title of the shell window. Read and execute standard input in the shell window. This option must be the last one before any arguments. If arguments are provided If -, -c, or -r is used, all arguments are placed in sys.argv[1:], and sys.argv[0] is set to '', '-c', or '-r' respectively. No editor window is opened, ev Attribution: Adapted from Python Documentation under PSF-2.0. Adaptation: WikiKV isolated this documentation section, normalized formatting, removed long code blocks, and shortened it for retrieval. Verify version-sensitive details at the source.