A shortcut to look up the python online help() for a given module or symbol from a module. Examples: $ pyman subprocess $ pyman os.path $ pyman sys setprofile $ pyman . open

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#!/usr/bin/env python

from sys import argv, exit

if len(argv) < 2:
    print 'USAGE: %s MODULE [SYMBOL]\nOpen help() for given module, or given symbol from module.' % \
        argv[0]
    exit(1)

module = argv[1]
symbol = argv[2] if len(argv) > 2 else ''
if module == '.': module = ''

if module:
    exec 'import %s' % module
exec 'subject = %s' % ".".join((module, symbol)).strip('.')

help(subject)