---

17 Parsing command line options ¶

The getopts module defines a set of procedures to be used to process command line arguments with the following format:

-a

Brief option a with no value.

-a123

Brief option a with value 123.

--bianco

Long option bianco with no value.

--colour=bianco

Long option colour with value bianco.

• getopts arguments:		Arguments.
• getopts usage:		Using the module.
• getopts options:		Predefined options.
• getopts interface:		Interface functions.