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6 changes: 3 additions & 3 deletions Doc/tutorial/stdlib.rst
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Expand Up @@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ aids for working with large modules like :mod:`os`::
<returns an extensive manual page created from the module's docstrings>

For daily file and directory management tasks, the :mod:`shutil` module provides
a higher level interface that is easier to use::
a higher-level interface that is easier to use::

>>> import shutil
>>> shutil.copyfile('data.db', 'archive.db')
Expand All @@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ wildcard searches::
Command-line arguments
======================

Common utility scripts often need to process command line arguments. These
Common utility scripts often need to process command-line arguments. These
arguments are stored in the :mod:`sys` module's *argv* attribute as a list. For
instance, let's take the following :file:`demo.py` file::

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['demo.py', 'one', 'two', 'three']

The :mod:`argparse` module provides a more sophisticated mechanism to process
command line arguments. The following script extracts one or more filenames
command line arguments. The following script extracts one or more filenames

@edvilme edvilme Jun 11, 2026

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command line arguments. The following script extracts one or more filenames
command-line arguments. The following script extracts one or more filenames

For consistency with the previous paragraph

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Please revert whitespace changes, double spacing is fine (although generally an emacs thing nowadays).

and an optional number of lines to be displayed::

import argparse
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