So, I'm using optparse as follows: Command line: python expense.py ">$100" -f ~/desktop/test.txt ['>00']
In Main: desc = '' p = optparse.OptionParser(description=desc) utilities = optparse.OptionGroup(p, 'Utility Options') utilities.add_option('--file', '-f', dest="file", help="Define the active file to analyze", default='', metavar='"<File Path>"') (options, arguments) = p.parse_args() print arguments <- What is becoming ['>00'] So, any ideas? Why is including a $ eating both the dollar signa and the 1? -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list