en-US.json

{
  "options": [
    {
      "name": "-b",
      "tip": [
        "issue warnings about str(bytes_instance), str(bytearray_instance)and comparing bytes/bytearray with str.\n",
        "(-bb: issue errors)"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "-B",
      "tip": [
        "don't write .pyc files on import;\n",
        "also PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=x"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "-c",
      "tip": [
        "cmd. program passed in as string (terminates option list)"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "-d",
      "tip": [
        "turn on parser debugging output (for experts only, only works on debug builds);\n",
        "also PYTHONDEBUG=x"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "-E",
      "tip": [
        "ignore PYTHON* environment variables (such as PYTHONPATH)"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "-i",
      "tip": [
        "inspect interactively after running script;\n",
        "forces a prompt even if stdin does not appear to be a terminal;\n",
        "also PYTHONINSPECT=x"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "-I",
      "tip": [
        "isolate Python from the user's environment (implies -E and -s)"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "-m",
      "tip": [
        "mod. run library module as a script (terminates option list)"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "-O",
      "tip": [
        "remove assert and __debug__-dependent statements;\n",
        "add .opt-1 before .pyc extension; also PYTHONOPTIMIZE=x"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "-OO",
      "tip": [
        "do -O changes and also discard docstrings;\n",
        "add .opt-2 before .pyc extension"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "-p",
      "tip": [
        "don't prepend a potentially unsafe path to sys.path"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "-q",
      "tip": [
        "don't print version and copyright messages on interactive startup"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "-s",
      "tip": [
        "don't add user site directory to sys.path; also PYTHONNOUSERSITE"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "-S",
      "tip": [
        "don't imply 'import site' on initialization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "-u",
      "tip": [
        "force the stdout and stderr streams to be unbuffered\n",
        "this option has no effect on stdin; also PYTHONUNBUFFERED=x"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "-v",
      "tip": [
        "verbose (trace import statements)\n",
        "also PYTHONVERBOSE=x can be supplied multiple times to increase verbosity"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "-W",
      "tip": [
        "arg\n",
        "warning control;\n",
        "arg is action:message:category:module:lineno also PYTHONWARNINGS=arg"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "-x",
      "tip": [
        "skip first line of source, allowing use of non-Unix forms of #!cmd"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "-X",
      "tip": [
        "opt\n",
        "set implementation-specific option"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "--check-hash-based-pycs",
      "tip": [
        "control how Python invalidates hash-based .pyc files"
      ],
      "next": [
        {
          "name": "default"
        },
        {
          "name": "always",
          "tip": [
            "always invalidates hash-based .pyc files"
          ]
        },
        {
          "name": "never",
          "tip": [
            "never invalidates hash-based .pyc files"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "-V",
      "alias": [
        "--version"
      ],
      "tip": [
        "print the Python version number and exit\n",
        "when given twice, print more information about the build"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "--help-env",
      "tip": [
        "print help about Python environment variables and exit"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "--help-xoptions",
      "tip": [
        "print help about implementation-specific -X options and exit"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "--help-all",
      "tip": [
        "print complete help information and exit"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "common_options": [
    {
      "name": "--h",
      "alias": [
        "-?",
        "--help"
      ],
      "tip": [
        "U: -h|-?|--help\n",
        "print this help message and exit"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "info": {
    "completion_info": {
      "url": "https://www.python.org",
      "description": [
        "python - command-line."
      ]
    }
  }
}