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I type python -v I got this. Coming from a node.js dev this is strange to me.

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Mellisa Lee
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    Does this answer your question? [What Does the python -v Command Do](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/43970012/what-does-the-python-v-command-do) – Prudhvi Apr 17 '20 at 07:05
  • For Python and many other applications, ``-v`` means verbose. Why are you confused by seeing verbose output in verbose mode? Why do you use verbose mode when you don't want to see verbose output? What behaviour did you expect instead? – MisterMiyagi Apr 17 '20 at 07:21

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-v flag in python refers to verbose. It is printing every import that python is using internally. The output is completely normal.

Python command-line documentation describes the -v flag as:

Print a message each time a module is initialized, showing the place (filename or built-in module) from which it is loaded. When given twice (-vv), print a message for each file that is checked for when searching for a module. Also provides information on module cleanup at exit.

If you instead intend to print python version, you can use python -V (with a capital V) or python --version.

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