[Python] Visual Studio Code: How debug Python script with arguments

I'm using Visual Studio Code with the inbuilt Debugger in order to debug a Python script.

Following this guide, I set up the argument in the launch.json file:



But when I press on Debug, it says that my argument is not recognized my shell, or rather the argparser, says:

error: unrecognized arguments: --city Auckland
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As Visual Studio Code is using PowerShell, let's execute the same file with the same argument:



So: the same file, same path, and same argument. In the terminal it is working, but not in Visual Studio Code's Debugger.

Where am I wrong?

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