Last try at getting the indenting to appear correctly.. #!/usr/bin/env python
import glob, os, sys class TestParse(object): def __init__(self): if options.stdin: self.scan_data(sys.stdin) if options.glob: self.files = glob.glob(options.glob) for f in files: fh = open(f, 'r') self.scan_data(fh) fh.close() def scan_data(self,fileobject): i = 0 for line in fileobject: print i i += 1 # do stuff with the line... pass print "finished file" def main(): T = TestParse() if __name__ == "__main__": from optparse import OptionParser p = OptionParser(__doc__, version="testing 1 2 3") p.add_option("--glob", dest="glob", help="""use this glob""") p.add_option("--stdin", dest="stdin", action="store_true", default="False", help="""use stdin""") (options, args) = p.parse_args() main() -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list