Visual Studio Code: run Python file with arguments

Question

Is there an easy way to run a Python file inside Visual Studio Code with arguments?

I know I can add a custom configuration in the launch.json file with the

Answer 1

Another option is you can run your python program from the commandline via

python3 -m debugpy --wait-for-client --listen localhost:5678 myprogram.py

Then you can use a Python: Remote Attach launch.json configuration to connect to the program. It means an extra step every time to you turn on your program: run the program on the CLI then attach debugger, but it does make specifying the arguments more fluid.

To make things even simpler, you could put the above in a bash script and pass through args from CLI to python:

start.sh "my arg that changes all the time"

Then attach via "Remote Attach".