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

[Peter Hansen]

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)"