Notes for Python beginners

Using Python documentation similar to unix man pages

pydoc sys

python -m pydoc sys

pydoc -p 9000

Now server will start running in port 9000. we can access the documentation in http://localhost:9000

>>help()

Help prompt will come, now we can type module name to get details about that module.

sys

import sys
dir(sys)

To get it in readable format

import sys
for i in dir(sys):
    print i

import __builtin__
for i in dir(__builtin__):
    print i

import sys
for i in sys.modules:
    print i, ": ", sys.modules[i]