.\" Text automatically generated by txt2man .TH pydevd 1 "12 March 2023" "pydevd-2.9.5+ds" "" .SH NAME \fBpydevd \fP- Script to start pydevd debugger \fB .SH SYNOPSIS .nf .fam C \fBpydevd\fP \fB--port\fP \fIN\fP [\fB--client\fP \fIhostname\fP | \fB--server\fP] [\fIoption\fP \.\.\.] \fB--file\fP \fIexecutable\fP .fam T .fi .fam T .fi .SH DESCRIPTION This script runs the \fBpydevd\fP debugger on top of another Python script, making it ready to be attached to for remote debugging. It is typically used by connecting from an IDE, such PyDev or PyCharm, or called from debugpy, which is the debugging adapter used in Spyder (via IPython), VSCode Python and Visual Studio Python. .SH OPTIONS .TP .B \fB--port\fP \fIN\fP Port to connect (client) or listen (server) .TP .B \fB--client\fP \fIhostname\fP Hostname to connect .TP .B \fB--server\fP Run in server mode .TP .B \fB--file\fP \fIexecutable\fP The script to run; this must be the last \fIoption\fP .TP .B \fB--ppid\fP PPID Specifies the PPID to attach to .TP .B \fB--vm_type\fP TYPE Either 'python' or 'jython'; the default is 'python' .TP .B \fB--access-token\fP TOKEN The access token to access the debug server .TP .B \fB--client-access-token\fP TOKEN The access token to access the client (usually the IDE) .TP .B \fB--DEBUG_RECORD_SOCKET_READS\fP Log debugger socket reads .TP .B \fB--multiproc\fP Reuses connection (used by PyCharm) .TP .B \fB--multiprocess\fP Creates new connection (used by PyDev) .TP .B \fB--save-signatures\fP Send signature call tracewait .TP .B \fB--save-threading\fP Use threading analyser .TP .B \fB--save-asyncio\fP Use asyncio analyser .TP .B \fB--print-in-debugger-startup\fP Print debugger startup with pid on stderr .TP .B \fB--cmd-line\fP Wait for commands .TP .B \fB--module\fP Set if the file is a module .TP .B \fB--skip-notify-stdin\fP Do not notify when \fBreadline\fP() is called .TP .B \fB--qt-support\fP= is one of 'auto', 'none', 'pyqt5', 'pyqt4', 'pyside' or 'pyside2' .TP .B \fB--json-dap\fP Use debugpy protocol: a single JSON message in each read .TP .B \fB--json-dap-http\fP Use DAP protocol: JSON messages over HTTP protocol .TP .B \fB--protocol-quoted-line\fP Use custom protocol with quoted lines .TP .B \fB--protocol-http\fP Use custom protocol with HTTP .SH AUTHOR \fBpydevd\fP was written by Fabio Zadrozny . .PP This manual page was originally written by William Grzybowski for the Debian project (but may be used by others). It was updated by Julian Gilbey .