Python 2.5.6

usage: python2.5 [option] ... [-c cmd | -m mod | file | -] [arg] ... Options and arguments (and corresponding environment variables): -c cmd : program passed in as string (terminates option list) -d : debug output from parser (also PYTHONDEBUG=x) -E : ignore environment variables (such as PYTHONPATH) -h : print this help message and exit (also --help) -i : inspect interactively after running script, (also PYTHONINSPECT=x) and force prompts, even if stdin does not appear to be a terminal -m mod : run library module as a script (terminates option list) -O : optimize generated bytecode (a tad; also PYTHONOPTIMIZE=x) -OO : remove doc-strings in addition to the -O optimizations -Q arg : division options: -Qold (default), -Qwarn, -Qwarnall, -Qnew -S : don't imply 'import site' on initialization -t : issue warnings about inconsistent tab usage (-tt: issue errors) -u : unbuffered binary stdout and stderr (also PYTHONUNBUFFERED=x) see man page for details on internal buffering relating to '-u' -v : verbose (trace import statements) (also PYTHONVERBOSE=x) -V : print the Python version number and exit (also --version) -W arg : warning control (arg is action:message:category:module:lineno) -x : skip first line of source, allowing use of non-Unix forms of #!cmd file : program read from script file - : program read from stdin (default; interactive mode if a tty) arg ...: arguments passed to program in sys.argv[1:] Other environment variables: PYTHONSTARTUP: file executed on interactive startup (no default) PYTHONPATH : ':'-separated list of directories prefixed to the default module search path. The result is sys.path. PYTHONHOME : alternate <prefix> directory (or <prefix>:<exec_prefix>). The default module search path uses <prefix>/pythonX.X. PYTHONCASEOK : ignore case in 'import' statements (Windows).