Python Module Scripts

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Intro
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Trey Hunner shared this insightful article where one can take advantage of one functionality that some python modules bring.

Please check his article if you want to deep dive on the topic.

How it works
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Running Python with the -m command-line argument tells Python to run a given Python module as if it were a Python script.

One can execute the following command line to spin up a web server to that list local files

python -m http.server

Depending on the python module you may have a quick way to execute task.

python -m json.tool file.json

The previous example allow you to pretty format the file.json quickly

Module List
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Here’s a quick summary of every command-line tool in Python:

Module/Script	Purpose	Category
`http.server`	Start a simple web server	General
`webbrowser`	Launch your web browser	General
`json.tool`	Nicely format JSON data	General
`calendar`	Show a command-line calendar	General
`uuid`	Like `uuidgen` CLI utility	Linux-like
`sqlite3`	Like `sqlite3` CLI utility	Linux-like
`zipfile`	Like `zip` & `unzip` CLI utilities	Linux-like
`gzip`	Like `gzip` & `gunzip` CLI utilities	Linux-like
`tarfile`	Like the `tar` CLI utility	Linux-like
`base64`	Like the `base64` CLI utility	Linux-like
`ftplib`	Like the `ftp` utility	Linux-like
`smtplib`	Like the `sendmail` utility	Linux-like
`poplib`	Like using `curl` to read email	Linux-like
`imaplib`	Like using `curl` to read email	Linux-like
`telnetlib`	Like the `telnet`utility	Linux-like
`pip`	Install third-party Python packages	Python
`venv`	Create a virtual environment	Python
`pdb`	Run the Python Debugger	Python
`unittest`	Run `unittest` tests in a directory	Python
`pydoc`	Show documentation for given string	Python
`doctest`	Run doctests for a given Python file	Python
`ensurepip`	Install `pip` if it’s not installed	Python
`idlelib`	Launch Python’s IDLE graphical REPL	Python
`zipapp`	Turn Python module into runnable ZIP	Python
`python -m compileall`	Pre-compile Python files to bytecode	Python
`tokenize`	Break Python module into “tokens”	Inspect code
`ast`	Show abstract syntax tree for code	Inspect code
`dis`	Disassemble Python code to bytecode	Inspect code
`inspect`	inspect source code of a Python object	Inspect code
`pyclbr`	See overview of a module’s objects	Inspect code
`asyncio`	Launch an asyncio-aware REPL	Deep Python
`cProfile`	Profile a Python program	Deep Python
`profile`	Profile Python program with Python	Deep Python
`pstats`	Show stats on cProfile-generated file	Deep Python
`pickle`	Readably display pickle file contents	Deep Python
`pickletools`	Disassemble a pickle file	Deep Python
`tabnanny`	Check file for mixed tabs & spaces	Deep Python
`this`	Display the Zen of Python (PEP 20)	Fun
`__hello__`	Print `Hello world!`	Fun
`antigravity`	Open XKCD 353 in a web browser	Fun
`turtledemo`	See `turtle` module demos	Fun
`code`	Run a Python REPL	Python
`runpy`	Run a Python module as a script	Python
`timeit`	Time a Python expression	Python
`site`	See “site” information about Python	Deep Python
`sysconfig`	Show Python configuration details	Deep Python
`platform`	Display current platform information	General
`mimetypes`	Show file mimetype/extension details	General
`quopri`	Encode/decode raw email data	General
`filecmp`	Compare contents of 2 directories	General
`encodings.rot_13`	ROT-13 encode/decode text	General

These are just the Python scripts included in the Python standard library. Any third-party module that can be run as a script can also be launched via python -m MODULE_NAME as well.

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