Command line optionsΒΆ

Spyder’s command line options are the following: (type ‘python spyder.py –help’ to show the text below)

Options:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-l, --light Light version (all add-ons are disabled)
--session=STARTUP_SESSION
 Startup session
--defaults Reset to configuration settings to defaults
--reset Remove all configuration files!
--optimize Optimize Spyder bytecode (this may require administrative privileges)
-w WORKING_DIRECTORY, --workdir=WORKING_DIRECTORY
 Default working directory
-d, --debug Debug mode (stds are not redirected)
--multithread Internal console is executed in another thread (separate from main application thread)
--profile Profile mode (internal test, not related with Python profiling)