How do I accept input from the terminal when I execute my file?

[cocoa1231]

I've been trying to figure this out for a while now.
When I execute my file using python file.py, how can I send input like this: python file.py inputstring?

[Larz60+]

name = input('Please enter your name: ')
# for python 2.7 use rawinput()

from command line, place variables after script name, and read in with argv: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10098...-in-python