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biosr
biosr

Reputation: 65

Python not printing all the sys.argv

I'm getting a list out of range error from sys.argv[1] and I tried making a simple script with this code.

import sys
print sys.argv

I get this on cmd:

C:\...\...\...\py>back.py exampleargv
['C:\\...\\...\\...\\py\\back.py']

I don't know why I don't get the next arg.

Upvotes: 2

Views: 389

Answers (1)

sp00n3r
sp00n3r

Reputation: 694

It's a windows specific problem: try "python back.py examplearg" and it will work.

Solution (besides not running Windows!) is to update your registry.

http://eli.thegreenplace.net/2010/12/14/problem-passing-arguments-to-python-scripts-on-windows/

Set these keys = value

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Applications\python26.exe\shell\open\command = "C:\Python26\python26.exe" "%1" %*

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\py_auto_file\shell\open\command = "C:\Python26\python26.exe" "%1" %*

Upvotes: 5

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