Debugging with PyCharm terminal arguments

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I have been using PyCharm for a bit so I am not an expert.

How I normally ran my programs was with the terminal like so:

program.py -t input1 -t1 input2

I was wondering how can I debug this?

For other programs I wrote, I did not have any arguments so debugging was simply setting break points and pressing debug.

Andrew_Lvov · Accepted Answer · 2019-04-12T06:33:53.853

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Menu: Run -> Edit configurations -> "+" (add new config) -> Python.

Script name: program.py

If you need to debug a script from installed packages, such as tox, you can specify the full path too. For example: Script name: /home/your_user/.envs/env_name/bin/tox

Above /home/your_user/.envs/env_name is a path to virtual environment containing tox package.

Script params: -t input1 -t1 input2

edited Apr 12 '19 at 06:33

answered Jan 14 '15 at 21:03

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You seem to be pretty good at using PyCharm I have another question if you dont mind helping =D http://stackoverflow.com/questions/27952638/usr-bin-env-python3-4-within-pycharm-project – Liondancer Jan 14 '15 at 21:18
@DrumM not sure I understand you. Can you clarify and give an example what you're trying to do ? – Andrew_Lvov Feb 04 '18 at 11:49
easy: like you would do on a command line, adding variables to it: e.g.: ./program.py $LIST_OF_FILES It's just a pain in the *** if the list of files you want to test, you always have to change the config... – jaques-sam Feb 05 '18 at 22:30
@DrumM - there is a tick to open confuguration screen on each launch. That's one option. Option 2: get output of your shell command inside python app you're debugging. Option 3: specify the facilitator as the launch app. It will gather required data and then run the code you're trying to debug – Andrew_Lvov Feb 07 '18 at 10:17
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Note that arguments with spaces in them should be wrapper in double quotes, _not single quotes_. This tripped me up for a little bit. – Brady Dowling Jan 02 '19 at 17:23
I can't see python and the edit configuration section! – basilisk Jan 14 '20 at 10:54
@basilisk What IDE are you using? And what do you see ? – Andrew_Lvov Jan 15 '20 at 10:09

score 40 · Answer 2 · edited Aug 10 '23 at 15:45

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Just an image-based representation of the answer.

Click on the Run menu click Edit Configurations...
Select + in top right corner and select Python
Provide the name, absolute path of the script or select the script by clicking three dots (green arrow), script parameters, and python interpreter.

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answered Sep 11 '19 at 13:37

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In case its not clear, the parameter 1 and parameter 2 are not place holders but actual values. – ijuneja Jan 16 '21 at 06:41

score 1 · Answer 3 · edited Jun 30 '18 at 21:35

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It was almost correct but just needed little correction with full script path.

Menu: Run->Edit configurations->"+" (add new config)->Python.

Script name: path + /program.py

Script params: -t input1 -t1 input2

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answered Jun 30 '18 at 16:14

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score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Aug 10 '23 at 15:41

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I guess PyCharm Community Edition is different or something. Once inside of the configurations, what I had to do was:

Enable Python parameters:
Then you can enter your parameters:

answered Aug 10 '23 at 15:41

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