Run python script without terminating at the end

Question

Is there a command line switch to carry out the script specified without terminating the process at the end?

Windows' cmd.exe for example has the /K switch.

Answer 1

As stated on python's manual:

-i switch

When a script is passed as first argument or the -c option is used, enter interactive mode after executing the script.

Answer 2

One option is to add code in your script to drop into an interactive prompt. See this answer.

import code
code.interact(local=locals())