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Quentin Richarson
Quentin Richarson

Reputation: 13

How to run a method in terminal/command prompt using python

I have the file1 here:

#File1

class MyClass1():
  def abc(self)
   ---

  def efg(self)
   ---

and here's the file2:

#File2
from File1 import MyClass1

def test1()
  callfromfile1 = Myclass1()
  callfromfile1.abc()

def test2()
  callfromfile1 = Myclass1()
  callfromfile1.efg()

if __name__== "__main__":
  test()

Prob: How to call test2 method only in terminal/command prompt?

note:
1. I'm using python3
2. Should I need to add another "class (eg. MyClass2)" above in file2 in order to call the test2 specicifically?
3. Please give some example for reference.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 56

Answers (1)

tripleee
tripleee

Reputation: 189749

If file2 is actually called file2.py and is in your PYTHONPATH you can say

python3 -c 'import file2; test2()'

If not, maybe try

(cat file2; echo 'test2()') | python3

A third possible solution is to make the last clause more complex.

if __name__ == '__main__':
    import sys
    if len(sys.argv) == 1:
        test()
    elif 'test2' in sys.argv[1:]:
        test2()
    # maybe more cases here in the future

and call it like

python3 file2 test2

to take the elif branch.

Upvotes: 1

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