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python-clear-sys-cli-args.py
$ python3 - a b c
Python 3.6.8 (v3.6.8:3c6b436a57, Dec 24 2018, 02:04:31)
[GCC 4.2.1 Compatible Apple LLVM 6.0 (clang-600.0.57)] on darwin
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import sys
>>> sys.argv
['-', 'a', 'b', 'c']
>>> sys.argv = [sys.argv[0]]
>>> sys.argv
['-']
>>> # sys.argv[0] would normally be the name of the file being run
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