Run function from the command line

add this snippet to the bottom of your script

def myfunction():
    ...


if __name__ == '__main__':
    globals()[sys.argv[1]]()

You can now call your function by running

python myscript.py myfunction

This works because you are passing the command line argument (a string of the function's name) into locals, a dictionary with a current local symbol table. The parantheses at the end will make the function be called.

update: if you would like the function to accept a parameter from the command line, you can pass in sys.argv[2] like this:

def myfunction(mystring):
    print(mystring)


if __name__ == '__main__':
    globals()[sys.argv[1]](sys.argv[2])

This way, running python myscript.py myfunction "hello" will output hello.

We can write something like this. I have used with python-3.7.x

import sys

def print_fn():
    print("Hi")

def sum_fn(a, b):
    print(a + b)

if __name__ == "__main__":
    args = sys.argv
    # args[0] = current file
    # args[1] = function name
    # args[2:] = function args : (*unpacked)
    globals()[args[1]](*args[2:])

python demo.py print_fn
python demo.py sum_fn 5 8

This script is similar to other answers here, but it also lists the available functions, with arguments and docstrings:

"""Small script to allow functions to be called from the command line.
Run this script without argument to list the available functions:

    $ python many_functions.py
    Available functions in many_functions.py:

    python many_functions.py a  : Do some stuff

    python many_functions.py b  : Do another stuff

    python many_functions.py c x y : Calculate x + y

    python many_functions.py d  : ?

Run this script with arguments to try to call the corresponding function:

    $ python many_functions.py a
    Function a

    $ python many_functions.py c 3 5
    3 + 5 = 8

    $ python many_functions.py z
    Function z not found
"""

import sys
import inspect

#######################################################################
#                         Your functions here                         #
#######################################################################

def a():
    """Do some stuff"""
    print("Function a")

def b():
    """Do another stuff"""
    a()
    print("Function b")

def c(x, y):
    """Calculate x + y"""
    print(f"{x} + {y} = {int(x) + int(y)}")

def d():
    # No doc
    print("Function d")

#######################################################################
#         Some logic to find and display available functions          #
#######################################################################

def _get_local_functions():
    local_functions = {}
    for name, obj in inspect.getmembers(sys.modules[__name__]):
        if inspect.isfunction(obj) and not name.startswith('_') and obj.__module__ == __name__:
            local_functions[name] = obj
    return local_functions

def _list_functions(script_name):
    print(f"Available functions in {script_name}:")
    for name, f in _get_local_functions().items():
        print()
        arguments = inspect.signature(f).parameters
        print(f"python {script_name} {name} {' '.join(arguments)} : {f.__doc__ or '?'}")


if __name__ == '__main__':
    script_name, *args = sys.argv
    if args:
        functions = _get_local_functions()
        function_name = args.pop(0)
        if function_name in functions:
            function = functions[function_name]
            function(*args)
        else:
            print(f"Function {function_name} not found")
            _list_functions(script_name)
    else:
        _list_functions(script_name)

Run this script without argument to list the available functions:

$ python many_functions.py
Available functions in many_functions.py:

python many_functions.py a  : Do some stuff

python many_functions.py b  : Do another stuff

python many_functions.py c x y : Calculate x + y

python many_functions.py d  : ?

Run this script with arguments to try to call the corresponding function:

$ python many_functions.py a
Function a

$ python many_functions.py c 3 5
3 + 5 = 8

$ python many_functions.py z
Function z not found

Below is the Odd_Even_function.py file that has the definition of the function.

def OE(n):
    for a in range(n):
        if a % 2 == 0:
            print(a)
        else:
            print(a, "ODD")

Now to call the same from Command prompt below are the options worked for me.

Options 1 Full path of the exe\python.exe -c "import Odd_Even_function; Odd_Even_function.OE(100)"

Option 2 Full path of the exe\python.exe -c "from Odd_Even_function import OE; OE(100)"

Thanks.

First you have to call the function as they told you or the founction will display nothing in the output, after that save the file and copy the path of the file by right click to the folder of the file and click on"copy file" then go to terminal and write: - cd "the path of the file" - python "name of the file for example (main.py)" after that it will display the output of your code.

Make your life easier, install Spyder. Open your file then run it (click the green arrow). Afterwards your hello() method is defined and known to the IPython Console, so you can call it from the console.