python how to get information about a function

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When information about a type is needed you can use   my list      dir my list    gets       add        class        contains        delattr        delitem        delslice        doc        eq        format        ge        getattribute        getitem        getslice        gt        hash        iadd        imul        init        iter        le        len        lt        mul        ne        new        reduce        reduce ex        repr        reversed        rmul        setattr        setitem        setslice        sizeof        str        subclasshook      append    count    extend    index    insert    pop    remove    reverse    sort     or   dir my list  36     gets     append    count    extend    index    insert    pop    remove    reverse    sort     Now  in the documentation of Python information can be found about these functions  but I would like to get info about these functions in the terminal command-line  How should this be done

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You can use pydoc   Open your terminal and type python -m pydoc list append  The advantage of pydoc over help   is that you do not have to import a module to look at its help text  For instance python -m pydoc random randint   Also you can start an HTTP server to interactively browse documentation by typing python -m pydoc -b  python 3   For more information python -m pydoc

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Or  help list append    if you re generally poking around

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In python  help my list append  for example  will give you the docstring of the function    gt  gt  gt  my list       gt  gt  gt  help my list append       Help on built-in function append       append              L append object  -- append object to end

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Try  help my list    to get built-in help messages

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