primes.py: Write a program to find all prime numbers less than an integer n, where n is given as a command-line argument. $ python3 primes.py 30 2  3  5  7  11  13  17  19  23  29

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primes.py: Write a program to find all prime numbers less than an integer n, where n is given as a command-line argument.


$ python3 primes.py 30
2  3  5  7  11  13  17  19  23  29

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1. Get a number n as an argument from the command line
2. Initialize a loop from 2 to n
3. Within the loop, check if the current number is a prime number using the is_prime function
4. If the number is prime, print it out
5. After the loop is finished, print a new line
6. Call the main function

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