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sys: system; arg: argument; v: variable
sys.argv is a list which contains the command line argument.
How it is used:
Lets assume you want to run a python program file saved with name kiran.py
which adds two number input to it from the command line, in that case you can open the command prompt/anaconda prompt,
> python kiran.py 1 2
you will get 3 as the result
>> 3
The code in kiran.py
import sys
print(sys.argv[1]+sys.argv[2])
Note --- here sys.argv will be ['kiran.py',1,2] i.e. first element is always filename/path
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