a simple python scritp which processes the command line arguments
import sys, getopt
def processArguments(argv):
global inputfile
global outputfile
try:
opts, args = getopt.getopt(argv,"i:o:", [])
except getopt.GetoptError:
print 'frompbtopbtxt.py -i <inputfile> -o <outputfile>'
for opt, arg in opts:
if opt == '-i':
inputfile = arg
if opt == '-o':
outputfile = arg
if __name__ == "__main__":
processArguments(sys.argv[1:])