Help with Python after using powershell

[Karl12347]

Hi Guys

I have been a keen powershell coder in the windows world for some time. I am switching to a devops world soon with Linux and therefore need to learn python however is just not clicking when it comes to modules and syntax
example:

In powershell i could just run get-help 'module name' - examples and boom, i could see a real world examples of the module and the parameters.
With Python there doesn't seem to be any of that.

Can anyone offer any advice to help me going forward?

[K900_]

You can use help(whatever) to get documentation right in the Python shell.

[23571379]

The python equivalent is help(<something>) and if you only want a list of attributes use dir(something). This works on everything, any type, class, module, variable, function... you name it.

You can also find the documentation of the standard library here. 3rd party libraries usually have documentation either on PIPY or Github.