"Steve Holden" <sholden@[...].com>  wrote:

> So the getopts module wouldn't be any use to you, then? ;-)
> 
> I think it has that stupid name because the Unix C library with similar
> functionality uses the exact same stupid name.

I couldn't even see it when I knew the name of it! 

Found it now, though.

The doc appears to assume familiarity with the GNU equivalent - sadly I don't have that.

It looks a bit unfriendly with all the - and -- but I'll see if I can make some sense of it.

Thanks for the pointer.
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