topic Re: ArcMap Python Window for quick commands in Python Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/arcmap-python-window-for-quick-commands/m-p/529993#M41494 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Can't be done, sorry.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Fri, 31 Aug 2012 21:10:08 GMT JasonScheirer 2012-08-31T21:10:08Z ArcMap Python Window for quick commands https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/arcmap-python-window-for-quick-commands/m-p/529992#M41493 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Hello;</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I've been reading into how to use Python's optparse (</SPAN><A href="http://docs.python.org/library/optparse.html">http://docs.python.org/library/optparse.html</A><SPAN>) to write a few quick and simple "unix-style" commands (stringing some queries, writing some text files of attributes, etc), and I was wondering if anyone knows if ArcMap's Python Window can support this?</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I know using python in Windows cmd, the user would be able to use an optparse script as 'python &lt;script&gt; -f output.txt', but I'm not sure whether this can be done with the Python Window ... I've seen optparse used with arcpy:</SPAN><BR /><BR /><A href="http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/main/10.1/index.html#//002q000000rp000000">http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/main/10.1/index.html#//002q000000rp000000</A><BR /><BR /><SPAN>However, I don't believe this is used within ArcMap.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Any information would be much appreciated! <span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":slightly_smiling_face:">🙂</span></SPAN></BODY></HTML> Fri, 31 Aug 2012 17:37:56 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/arcmap-python-window-for-quick-commands/m-p/529992#M41493 KevinYanuk 2012-08-31T17:37:56Z Re: ArcMap Python Window for quick commands https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/arcmap-python-window-for-quick-commands/m-p/529993#M41494 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Can't be done, sorry.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Fri, 31 Aug 2012 21:10:08 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/arcmap-python-window-for-quick-commands/m-p/529993#M41494 JasonScheirer 2012-08-31T21:10:08Z