Command Line Parameters *********************** Module ====== To load and run a python module on the path:: python -m my_script Sample ====== optparse -------- optparse_ Simple ------ :: import sys if len(sys.argv) < 2: print 'Error' else: s = sys.argv[1] argparse ======== http://code.google.com/p/argparse/ .. _optparse: modules/optparse.html