PYTHON

python get arguments

import argparse

parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
parser.add_argument('-d', '--date', help='date of event', type=str)
parser.add_argument('-t', '--time', help='time of event', type=str)
args = parser.parse_args()

print(f'Event was on {args.date} at {args.time}')

python get args

import sys

print(sys.argv)

python read arguments

#!/usr/bin/python

import sys

print('Number of arguments:', len(sys.argv), 'arguments.')
print('Argument List:', str(sys.argv))

python arguments

import sys

print ("the script has the name %s" % (sys.argv[0])