I have this code which I got from https://www.tutorialspoint.com/python/python_command_line_arguments.htm The example works fine but when I modify it to what I need, it only half works. The problem is the try/except. If you don't specify an input/output, they are blank at the end but it shouldn't be.
import getopt import sys def main(argv): inputfile = '' outputfile = '' try: opts, args = getopt.getopt(argv,"hi:o:",["ifile=","ofile="]) except getopt.GetoptError: inputfile = 'Input' outputfile = 'Output' if inputfile == '': for opt, arg in opts: if opt == '-h': print ('Usage: Encrypt.py -i <input file> -o <output file>') sys.exit() elif opt in ("-i", "--ifile"): inputfile = arg elif opt in ("-o", "--ofile"): outputfile = arg else: '' print 'In: ' + inputfile print 'Out: ' + outputfile if __name__ == "__main__": main(sys.argv[1:]) -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list