What "tools" are available in Python standard library [closed]

Question

I'm currently aware of two tools:

1. base64 encoder/decoder:

   python -m base64 -e <input
python -m base64 -d <input

2. json validator and pretty printer

   python -m json.tool <input

where input can be stdin or file.

I'm curious if there are other tools exposed by SPL that work in similar fashion?

Answer 1

Not a complete list...

Encoding

Base64 en/decoding:

python -m base64 -d [file] python -m base64 -e [file] 

ROT-13 en/decoder:

python -m encodings.rot_13 

Macintosh BinHex:

# binhex <file> to <file>.hqx, and unbinhex <file>.hqx to <file>.viahqx python -m binhex <file> 

UUencode/decode:

python -m uu [infile [outfile]] # encode python -m uu -d [infile [outfile]] # decode 

MIME quoted-printable en/decoding:

python -m mimify -e [infile [outfile]] # encode python -m mimify -d [infile [outfile]] # decode 

Quoted-printable en/decoding:

python -m quopri [file] # encode python -m quopri -d [file] # decode 

Compression

GZip:

python -m gzip [file] # compress python -m gzip -d [file] # decompress 

Zipfile extraction, etc.:

python -m zipfile -l <file> # list python -m zipfile -t <file> # test python -m zipfile -e <file> <dir> # extract python -m zipfile -c <file> sources... # create 

Internet

HTTP servers:

python -m BaseHTTPServer python -m CGIHTTPServer python -m SimpleHTTPServer 

Simple FTP client:

python -m ftplib host [-l<dir-to-list>] [-d<dir-to-cwd>] [-p] [file-to-retrieve] 

HTML Text extraction:

python -m htmllib <file> 

JSON Validator and pretty-printer:

python -m json.tool [infile [outfile]] 

List POP3 mailbox:

python -m poplib <server> <username> <password> 

SMTP server:

python -m smtpd 

Send a mail message (to localhost):

python -m smtplib 

Telnet client:

python -m telnetlib [host [port]] 

MIME type/extension database:

python -m mimetypes file.ext # print type for filename python -m mimetypes -e mime/type # print extension for type 

Open webbrowser:

python -m webbrowser -n <url> # new window python -m webbrowser -t <url> # new tab 

Antigravity:

python -m antigravity 

Python

Pure-Python REPL:

python -m code 

Python bytecode batch compiler:

python -m compileall 

Python code profiler:

python -m cProfile <script> python -m profile <script> python -m pstats <filename> # print profiling statistics 

Python doctest executor:

python -m doctest <script> 

Python benchmark:

python -m test.pystone [iterations] python -m hotshot.stones 

Python interactive debugger:

python -m pdb 

Extract Python classes and methods from a module:

python -m pyclbr <script> 

Python documentation browser:

python -m pydoc <topic> python -m pydoc -g # graphical browser python -m pydoc -p <port> # start HTTP docs server on port 

Python snippet timer:

python -m timeit 

Misc

Calendar (like cal, but can do HTML and various fancy formatting stuff):

python -m calendar 

Directory comparer:

python -m filecmp [-r] dir1 dir2 # -r for recursive directory compare 

Paragraph formatting:

python -m formatter [file] 

Show current platform (like uname but simpler):

python -m platform 

Answer 2

Many.

$ grep "if __name__ == '__main__':" /usr/lib64/python2.7/* | wc -l 55 

Not all work as a filter though, so examine the module in question before running.