NAME¶

pydevd - Script to start pydevd debugger

SYNOPSIS¶

pydevd --port N [--client hostname | --server] [option ...] --file executable

DESCRIPTION¶

This script runs the pydevd 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.

OPTIONS¶

--port N

Port to connect (client) or listen (server)

--client hostname

Hostname to connect

--server

Run in server mode

--file executable

The script to run; this must be the last option

--ppid PPID

Specifies the PPID to attach to

--vm_type TYPE

Either 'python' or 'jython'; the default is 'python'

--access-token TOKEN

The access token to access the debug server

--client-access-token TOKEN

The access token to access the client (usually the IDE)

--DEBUG_RECORD_SOCKET_READS

Log debugger socket reads

--multiproc

Reuses connection (used by PyCharm)

--multiprocess

Creates new connection (used by PyDev)

--save-signatures

Send signature call tracewait

--save-threading

Use threading analyser

--save-asyncio

Use asyncio analyser

--print-in-debugger-startup

Print debugger startup with pid on stderr

--cmd-line

Wait for commands

--module

Set if the file is a module

--skip-notify-stdin

Do not notify when readline() is called

--qt-support=<mode>

<mode> is one of 'auto', 'none', 'pyqt5', 'pyqt4', 'pyside' or 'pyside2'

--json-dap

Use debugpy protocol: a single JSON message in each read

--json-dap-http

Use DAP protocol: JSON messages over HTTP protocol

--protocol-quoted-line

Use custom protocol with quoted lines

--protocol-http

Use custom protocol with HTTP

AUTHOR¶

pydevd was written by Fabio Zadrozny <fabiofz@gmail.com>.

This manual page was originally written by William Grzybowski <william@grzy.org> for the Debian project (but may be used by others). It was updated by Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org>.