linux man page for pycompile

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NAME
       pycompile - byte compile Python source files

SYNOPSIS
       pycompile [-V [X.Y][-][A.B]] DIR_OR_FILE [-X REGEXPR]

       pycompile -p PACKAGE

DESCRIPTION
       Wrapper around Python standard library's py_compile module to byte-compile Python files.

OPTIONS
       --version
	      show program's version number and exit

       -h, --help
	      show this help message and exit

       -f, --force
	      force rebuild of byte-code files even if timestamps are up-to-date

       -O     byte-compile to .pyo files

       -q, --quiet
	      be quiet

       -v, --verbose
	      turn verbose mode on

       -p PACKAGE, --package=PACKAGE
	      specify Debian package name whose files should be bytecompiled

       -V VRANGE
	      force  private modules to be bytecompiled with Python version from given range, regardless of the default Python version in the sys-
	      tem. If there are no other options, bytecompile all public modules for installed	Python	versions  that	match  given  range.  VER-
	      SION_RANGE examples:

       o 2.5	version 2.5 only

       o 2.5-	version 2.5 or newer

       o 2.5-2.7	version 2.5 or 2.6

       o -3.0	all supported 2.X versions

       -X REGEXPR, --exclude=REGEXPR
	 exclude items that match given REGEXPR. You may use this option multiple times to build up a list of things to exclude

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