import sys try: arg1 = sys.argv[1] except IndexError: print "This script takes an argument, you boob!" sys.exit(1)
OR, way better: See the optparse module. On Friday 20 May 2005 03:26 pm, Jeff Elkins wrote: > I'm sure this is obvious, but how the heck do pass an argument(s) to a > python script from the command line? > > Thanks, > > Jeff Elkins -- James Stroud UCLA-DOE Institute for Genomics and Proteomics Box 951570 Los Angeles, CA 90095 http://www.jamesstroud.com/ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list