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16.5.3.1 Command line usage</A>
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idle.py [-c command] [-d] [-e] [-s] [-t title] [arg] ...
-c command run this command
-d enable debugger
-e edit mode; arguments are files to be edited
-s run $IDLESTARTUP or $PYTHONSTARTUP first
-t title set title of shell window
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<LI>Otherwise, if <b class="programopt">-c</b> is used, all arguments are
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the remaining arguments in <code>sys.argv[1:...]</code> and
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