Main & Getopt

Getopt (refer to sample below)

argv - args to be processed;

options - single char ('-h') options, ":" means one requires parameter

long-options

Sample

#!/usr/bin/python

import sys, getopt

def main(argv):

inputfile = ''

outputfile = ''

try:

opts, args = getopt.getopt(argv,"hi:o:",["ifile=","ofile="])

except getopt.GetoptError:

print 'test.py -i <inputfile> -o <outputfile>'

sys.exit(2)

for opt, arg in opts:

if opt == '-h':

print 'test.py -i <inputfile> -o <outputfile>'

sys.exit()

elif opt in ("-i", "--ifile"):

inputfile = arg

elif opt in ("-o", "--ofile"):

outputfile = arg

print 'Input file is "', inputfile

print 'Output file is "', outputfile

if __name__ == "__main__":

main(sys.argv[1:])