How to get python bytecode?

Question

I've tried using py_compile to get me some bytecode examples (for learning needs).

However, this is what I get

file.py:

print("hello world")

file.pyc:

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��Ob   �                   @   s   e d � dS )zhello worldN)�print� r   r   �test.py�<module>   �    

I guess I'm doing something terribly wrong, but I have no clue.

My base script is

import py_compile

py_compile.compile('test.py')

Answer 1

Are you looking for (the) dis module (documentation)?

Example:

>>> import dis
>>> def foo(a):
...   return a * a
... 
>>> dis.dis(foo)
  2           0 LOAD_FAST                0 (a)
              2 LOAD_FAST                0 (a)
              4 BINARY_MULTIPLY
              6 RETURN_VALUE