Python Getopt

Example

#!/usr/bin/python
import getopt
import sys

version = '1.0'
verbose = False
output_filename = 'default.out'

print 'ARGV      :', sys.argv[1:]

options, remainder = getopt.getopt(sys.argv[1:], 'o:v', ['output=',
                                                         'verbose',
                                                         'version=',
                                                         ])
print 'OPTIONS   :', options

for opt, arg in options:
    if opt in ('-o', '--output'):
        output_filename = arg
    elif opt in ('-v', '--verbose'):
        verbose = True
    elif opt == '--version':
        version = arg

print 'VERSION   :', version
print 'VERBOSE   :', verbose
print 'OUTPUT    :', output_filename
print 'REMAINING :', remainder

Link

• https://pymotw.com/2/getopt/