Awesome Python modules as script

Catalogue of useful python modules that run as script.

Requirements:

• Python 3

How to use?

You have to type: python -m <name>.

You can access help for some modules through: python -m <name> --help or python -m <name> -h.

Standard Library

Name	Description	Example
ast	Parse abstract syntax tree for a Python module	python -m ast myfile.py
asyncio	Asyncio REPL	python -m asyncio
antigravity	Open browser with http://xkcd.com/353	python -m antigravity
base64	Encode and decode base64	echo 'message' | python -m base64 -e
cProfile	Profiling your code	python -m cProfile module.py
calendar	Pretty print a calendar	python -m calendar
code	Closely emulate the interactive Python interpreter	python -m code
compileall	Compile Python source files in a directory tree	python -m compileall
dis	Print bytecode generated by a file	python -m dis some_module.py
doctest	Run doctests in a file	python -m doctest myfile.py
encodings.rot_13	ROT-13 encoder/decoder	echo 'message' | python -m encodings.rot_13
ensurepip	Bootstrap pip if it was skipped or uninstalled	python -m ensurepip
filecmp	Compare two directories content	python -m filecmp dir_a dir_b
ftplib	Simple ftp client	python -m ftplib [host]
gzip	Compress and decompress files	python -m gzip [file]
http.server	Simple HTTP Server	python -m http.server 5000
idlelib	Launch IDLE prompt	python -m idlelib
inspect	Inspect a object.	python -m inspect "collections:OrderedDict"
json.tool	Validate and pretty-print JSON	echo '{ 1.2:3.4}' | python -m json.tool
lib2to3	Automated Python 2 to 3 code translation	python -m lib2to3 -w [python file]
locale	Show O.S Locale information	python -m locale
mimetypes	MIME type/extension database	python -m mimetypes -e application/json
pdb	Automatic post-mortem debugging	python -m pdb myscript.py
pickle	Display contents of the pickle files	python -m pickle [pickle files]
pip	Python package manager	python -m pip install requests
platform	Show current platform	python -m platform
poplib	List POP3 mailbox	python -m poplib [server] [username] [password]
profile	Profiling your code	python -m profile some_module.py
pstats	Print profiling statistics	python -m pstats [file generated by profile]
pyclbr	Extract classes and methods from a module	python -m pyclbr [module]
pydoc	Consult the documentation	python -m pydoc -b
quopri	Encode and decode MIME quoted-printable data	echo 'message' | python -m quopri
site	List your current path	python -m site
sqlite3	SQLite shell	python -m sqlite3
smtplib	Send a mail message(to localhost)	python -m smtplib
sysconfig	Shows paths and Python internal variables	python -m sysconfig
tarfile	Read and write tar files	python -m tarfile -e myfile.tar
telnetlib	Telnet client	python -m telnetlib towel.blinkenlights.nl
this	Zen of python	python -m this
timeit	Measuring execution time of small code snippets	python -m timeit 'sorted(range(100))'
tokenize	Show how python tokenize a file	python -m tokenize some_module.py
turtledemo	Educational demos for turtle module	python -m turtledemo
unittest	Run tests using unittest	python -m unittest .
uu	Encode and decode uuencode files	echo 'message' | python -m uu
uuid	Generate a random UUID	python -m uuid
venv	Create a virtual enviroment	python -m venv myproject
webbrowser	Open a web browser	python -m webbrowser http://httpbin.org
zipapp	Create an executable ZIP file from Python code	python -m zipapp mydir -m "module:main"
zipfile	Zip operations like create, test or extract	python -m zipfile -e zipfile.zip target

Third party packages

They can be installed through: python -m pip install [module name].

Name	Description	Example
black	The uncompromising code formatter	python -m black .
flake8	Tool For Style Guide Enforcement	python -m flake8 path/to/code/
pytest	Run tests using pytest	python -m pytest -s path/to/tests/

Contributing

1. Fork it!
2. Create your feature branch: git checkout -b my-new-feature
3. Commit your changes: git commit -am 'Add some feature'
4. Push to the branch: git push origin my-new-feature
5. Submit a pull request :D