Commit 29fc4bf5 authored by Georg Brandl's avatar Georg Brandl

Use the platform-independent way of calling a script from the shell: "python...

Use the platform-independent way of calling a script from the shell: "python prog.py", not "prog.py"

Found by Micheal Wells on docs@.
parent 136a050b
......@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ produces either the sum or the max::
Assuming the Python code above is saved into a file called ``prog.py``, it can
be run at the command line and provides useful help messages::
$ prog.py -h
$ python prog.py -h
usage: prog.py [-h] [--sum] N [N ...]
Process some integers.
......@@ -61,15 +61,15 @@ be run at the command line and provides useful help messages::
When run with the appropriate arguments, it prints either the sum or the max of
the command-line integers::
$ prog.py 1 2 3 4
$ python prog.py 1 2 3 4
4
$ prog.py 1 2 3 4 --sum
$ python prog.py 1 2 3 4 --sum
10
If invalid arguments are passed in, it will issue an error::
$ prog.py a b c
$ python prog.py a b c
usage: prog.py [-h] [--sum] N [N ...]
prog.py: error: argument N: invalid int value: 'a'
......
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