what does "-m" do in this command "python -m pip install beautifulsoup"

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I was typing the commands to install Beautiful Soup. I never knew what -m does in the command, so I got curious but I couldn't find much results online.

asked Aug 08 '18 at 20:53

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https://stackoverflow.com/questions/22241420/execution-of-python-code-with-m-option-or-not – NobbyNobbs Aug 08 '18 at 20:55
Those are called options, which can be seen on the command's `man` page. So Python's man page is https://linux.die.net/man/1/python . And according to that, it's to denote module name – simplycoding Aug 08 '18 at 20:55

what does "-m" do in this command "python -m pip install beautifulsoup"

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