Question

What is the purpose of the sys, os, getopt module in Python? Explain.

Answer 1

Python’s sys module:

This module provides access to some variables used by the interpreter and to functions that interact strongly with the interpreter.

Python’s OS module:

• The OS module in Python provides a way of using operating system-dependent functionality.
• The functions that the OS module allows you to interface with the Windows operating system where Python is running on.

Python getopt module:

• The getopt module of Python helps us to parse (split) command-line options and arguments.
• This module provides two functions to enable command-line argument parsing.