python hello.py hello_msg("Hello no", 3)??? Help, please!

[Carl]

Peter Hansen wrote:

> Carl wrote:
> 
>> This is perhaps a very simple and stupid question!
>> 
>> How do you run a specific function (with actual values for the
>> parameters) within a module from the command prompt? That is, with
>> "python ..."
>> 
>> For instance, how do I run hello_msg("Hello no ", 3), which is a function
>> within the module hello.py, from the console?
>> 
>> def hello_msg(msg, num):
>>     print msg + str(num ** 3) +'!'
>> #hello_msg("Hello no ", 3)
> 
> Use the -c option.
> 
> python -c "import modulename; modulename.hello_msg('test', 5)"

Thanks, that was incredibly simple!

Carl