Thank you @cvp

Here is what i now have but it still throws an error.

from sys import argv

from os.path.basename(/private/var/mobile/Library/Mobile Documents/iCloud~com~omz-software~Pythonista3/Documents/kl.py)

script, file_from, file_to = argv

source = open(file_from)
source_data = source.read()

print "'%s' is %s bytes." % (script, len(source_data))

destination = open(file_to, 'w')
destination.write(source_data)

source.close()
destination.close()```

Hi there,

When I run this simple script, everything works just fine but Pythonista prints the file location instead of just the file name. Does anyone know how to just print the file name? I'm assuming this is an iOS application thing because I don't have the same problem running it through Terminal on the Mac.

Here's the script:

from sys import argv

script, file_from, file_to = argv

source = open(file_from)
source_data = source.read()

print "'%s' is %s bytes." % (script, len(source_data))

destination = open(file_to, 'w')
destination.write(source_data)

source.close()
destination.close()

Instead of printing the file name, I get something like:

/Private/var/mobile/Library/Mobile Documents/iCloud etc

Ah, I figured it out.

Hi there,

I'm just delving into python and I'm a bit stuck with argv. I understand how to use it with the command line on my computer but how does it work exactly in Pythonista.

For example, this small script passes in the name of the script and three variables, first, second and third but how do I do that with Pythonista?

from sys import argv

script, first, second, third = argv

print "\n"

print "The script is called:", script
print "\n"
print "Your first variable is:", first
print "\n"
print "Your second variable is:", second
print "\n"
print "Your third variable is:", third

print "\n"

Any help appreciated.

Kind Regards