Just an update of my output after Carsten and company's advice: <out> C:\Python25\rg.py>help.py -h
help.py Version 1.0 Copyright RDEG (c) 2007 Options : -h, --help -- display this message Progam Exit (0) C:\Python25\rg.py>help.py -i print arg ['-i'] type(arg): <type 'list'> arg is True? False help.py version 1.0 Copyright RDEG (c) 2007 ['-i'] is an unrecognized option. Progam Exit (0) C:\Python25\rg.py>help.py -i help.py version 1.0 Copyright RDEG (c) 2007 ['-i'] is an unrecognized option. Progam Exit (0) C:\Python25\rg.py>help.py No Option provided help.py version 1.0 Copyright RDEG (c) 2007 No Option is an unrecognized option. Progam Exit (0) </out> Thanks again. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list