What is sys.argv[1] in Python?

Question

I am new to Python and seen many people using the `sys.argv[1]` in their code. What does it mean?

Divya · Accepted Answer

It is a way of taking command line arguments.

for example, if you use

```python
python test.py mani
```

The `sys.argv[1]` contains `mani`

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