Issue #9378: python -m pickle <pickle file> will now load and display
the first object in the pickle file.
diff --git a/Lib/pickle.py b/Lib/pickle.py
index 372d5b6..8732508 100644
--- a/Lib/pickle.py
+++ b/Lib/pickle.py
@@ -1322,4 +1322,26 @@
return doctest.testmod()
if __name__ == "__main__":
- _test()
+ import sys, argparse
+ parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
+ description='display contents of the pickle files')
+ parser.add_argument(
+ 'pickle_file', type=argparse.FileType('br'),
+ nargs='*', help='the pickle file')
+ parser.add_argument(
+ '-t', '--test', action='store_true',
+ help='run self-test suite')
+ parser.add_argument(
+ '-v', action='store_true',
+ help='run verbosely; only affects self-test run')
+ args = parser.parse_args()
+ if args.test:
+ _test()
+ else:
+ if not args.pickle_file:
+ parser.print_help()
+ else:
+ import pprint
+ for f in args.pickle_file:
+ obj = load(f)
+ pprint.pprint(obj)