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Windows command line does not support single quotes.
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Windows command line does not support single quotes. 
System version: Windows 10 21H2

Python version: Python 3.9.5 (tags/v3.9.5:0a7dcbd, May  3 2021, 17:27:52) [MSC v.1928 64 bit (AMD64)] on win32

At the command-line terminal (cmd or Powershell) you have to use double quotes to enclose the argument you wish to send. Enclose it with double quotes, and use single quotes within it. (https://stackoverflow.com/a/34379661/11687405)

For details, please refer to the GIF：![demo](https://gifyu.com/image/SLtLK)
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Expand Up @@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ A second way of starting the interpreter is ``python -c command [arg] ...``,
which executes the statement(s) in *command*, analogous to the shell's
:option:`-c` option. Since Python statements often contain spaces or other
characters that are special to the shell, it is usually advised to quote
*command* in its entirety with single quotes.
*command* in its entirety with double quotes.

Some Python modules are also useful as scripts. These can be invoked using
``python -m module [arg] ...``, which executes the source file for *module* as
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