CODE EXAMPLE FOR PYTHON

python pass arguments in command line

# Python program to demonstrate
# command line arguments
 
 
import getopt, sys
 
 
# Remove 1st argument from the
# list of command line arguments
argumentList = sys.argv[1:]
 
# Options
options = "hmo:"
 
# Long options
long_options = ["Help", "My_file", "Output="]
 
try:
    # Parsing argument
    arguments, values = getopt.getopt(argumentList, options, long_options)
     
    # checking each argument
    for currentArgument, currentValue in arguments:
 
        if currentArgument in ("-h", "--Help"):
            print ("Displaying Help")
             
        elif currentArgument in ("-m", "--My_file"):
            print ("Displaying file_name:", sys.argv[0])
             
        elif currentArgument in ("-o", "--Output"):
            print (("Enabling special output mode (% s)") % (currentValue))
             
except getopt.error as err:
    # output error, and return with an error code
    print (str(err))