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Other implementations' command line schemes may differ. See :ref:`implementations` for further resources.
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Command line
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When invoking Python, you may specify any of these options::
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python [-bBdEhiOsSuvVWx?] [-c command | -m module-name | script | - ] [args]
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The most common use case is, of course, a simple invocation of a script::
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python myscript.py
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Interface options
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The interpreter interface resembles that of the UNIX shell, but provides some additional methods of invocation:
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When called with standard input connected to a tty device, it prompts for commands and executes them until an EOF (an end-of-file character, you can produce that with *Ctrl-D* on UNIX or *Ctrl-Z, Enter* on Windows) is read.
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When called with a file name argument or with a file as standard input, it reads and executes a script from that file.