For those who didn't know (like me), from the python man-page: -i When a script is passed as first argument or the -c option is used, enter i

For those who didn't know (like me), from the python man-page: -i When a script is passed as first argument or the -c option is used, enter interactive mode after executing the script or the command. It does not read the $PYTHONSTARTUP file. This can be useful to inspect global variables or a stack trace when a script raises an exception. http://man.cx/python http://man.cx/python