I think you're looking for this: http://docs.python.org/library/argparse.html
you'll also want to read up on sys.argv http://docs.python.org/library/sys.html#sys.argv On Mon, Sep 6, 2010 at 8:48 AM, aug dawg <augdaw...@gmail.com> wrote: > I've seen Python programs that can be activated from the command line. For > example: > > hg > > This displays a list of commands for the Mercurial revision control system. > But another command is this: > > hg commit "This is a commit name" > > Mercurial is written in Python. I know that commit is a function that > commits to a repo, but what command does the program use in order to get the > commit name, like "This is a commit name" (This would make a commit with > "This is a commit name" as the commit name) > > _______________________________________________ > Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor > >
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