> You might try: > from getopt import getopt > or the (apparently newer): > from optparse import OptionParser
Thanks Mike. My question was trying to make a distinction between Python options (flags that precede the script or module name) and arguments (the script specific values passed on the command line following the script's name). Here's a description of the options I'm referring to: https://docs.python.org/3/using/cmdline.html#generic-options -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
