What is the meaning of -m in Python command?

Question

Taking this command to start local server for example, the command includes -m, what is the meaning of -m in genearl?

python3 -m http.server

Answer 1

From the documentation, which can be invoked using python3 --help.

-m mod : run library module as a script (terminates option list)

Instead of importing the module in another script (like import <module-name>), you directly run it as a script.

Answer 2

The -m stands for module-name in Python.