py(1)

🌸 py(1) — your new bestie for command-line Python 🌸

okay so real talk, this is the manual for py(1), and honestly? it's a whole vibe. stick around, bestie, we're gonna get you fluent. 💅

✨ NAME ✨

pythonpy — literally just python -c, but with tab completion and shorthand, and honestly it ate. 🔥

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

py [-x] [-l] [-c PRE_CMD] [-C POST_CMD] [-V] [-h] [expression]

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

pythonpy will evaluate any Python expression straight from the command line. no cap, any of them. ✨

and get this — the evaluating is done by the exact same Python interpreter that runs pythonpy itself. main character energy, honestly. and because this version uses Python 3, it is compatible with Python 3 syntax only. so if you roll up with Python 2 syntax, it's giving 💀 — no cap. 🫶

✨ OPTIONS ✨

• -x — treat each row of stdin as x. every single line, one at a time. 🍓
• -l — treat the list of stdin as l. the whole buffet, as a list. 💖
• -c PRE_CMD — run code before the expression. pregame, but make it code. ✨
• -C POST_CMD — run code after the expression. the outro, the aftershow. 🎀
• -V, --version — version info. the receipts, basically. 👑
• -h, --help — show the help message and exit. it's the "bestie explain" button. 🌸

✨ EXAMPLES ✨

float arithmetic, because decimals deserve love too:

$ py '3 * 1.5'

import any module automatically, no import statement needed, iconic behaviour honestly:

$ py 'math.exp(1)'

multiply each line of input by 7 — see how the -x makes x be each row:

$ py 'range(3)' | py -x 'int(x)*7'

and the unhinged-but-useful one — remove every file returned by the find command (yes, it pipes into sh, and yes, that's a lot of power, so maybe vibe check your find before you commit 🙈):

$ find . -type f | py -x '"rm %s" % x' | sh

✨ SEE ALSO ✨

python(1) — the parent, the origin story. 🦋

✨ BUGS ✨

found a bug? bestie, don't sit on it 😭 — bugs should be reported as issues at the project's GitHub page: <https://github.com/Russell91/pythonpy/issues>

✨ AUTHOR ✨

pythonpy is developed by Russell Stewart <russell.s.stewart@gmail.com>. 💜

this man page was written by Tiago Ilieve <tiago.myhro@gmail.com> for the Debian distribution (but it may be used by others). 🌈

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that's the whole thing, bestie — dated 02 December 2024, and it's the py(1) page from this very same py(1) manual. iykyk 💅✨