---
name: "py_compilefiles"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "python-central"
version: "0.6.17"
release: "Debian 7 (Wheezy)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/py_compilefiles"
---

# py\_compilefiles(1)

byte-compile python .py files

## NAME

py\_compilefiles - byte-compile python .py files

## SYNOPSIS

**py\_compilefiles** \[*options*\] \[*file* ...\] \[**-**\]

## DESCRIPTION

**py\_compilefiles** compiles Python .py source files into .pyc or .pyo bytecode format.

## OPTIONS

- **-f**

  force rebuild even if timestamps are up-to-date.

- **-i**

  ignore errors on byte compilation.

- **-q**

  quiet operation.

- **-x** *regexp*

  skip files matching the regular expression regexp the regexp is search for in the full path of the file.

If a filename is given as a minus sign (**-**), a list of files separated by newline is read from standard input.

## AUTHOR

Matthias Klose, Bastian Kleineidam