Andrew : If your running version 2,7 or later you can. >>> import argparse >>> dir(argparse) ['Action', 'ArgumentDefaultsHelpFormatter', 'ArgumentError', 'ArgumentParser', ' ArgumentTypeError', 'FileType', 'HelpFormatter', 'Namespace', 'ONE_OR_MORE', 'OP TIONAL', 'PARSER', 'REMAINDER', 'RawDescriptionHelpFormatter', 'RawTextHelpForma tter', 'SUPPRESS', 'ZERO_OR_MORE', '_', '_ActionsContainer', '_AppendAction', '_ AppendConstAction', '_ArgumentGroup', '_AttributeHolder', '_CountAction', '_Help Action', '_MutuallyExclusiveGroup', '_StoreAction', '_StoreConstAction', '_Store FalseAction', '_StoreTrueAction', '_SubParsersAction', '_UNRECOGNIZED_ARGS_ATTR' , '_VersionAction', '__all__', '__builtins__', '__cached__', '__doc__', '__file_ _', '__name__', '__package__', '__version__', '_callable', '_copy', '_ensure_val ue', '_get_action_name', '_os', '_re', '_sys', '_textwrap', 'ngettext'] >>> help(argparse) prints out the help library. There are standard documentation and examples for argparse in the python standard Libaray here http://docs.python.org/dev/library/argparse.html Learning the standard library is essential to well rounded Python knowledge. Good luck with your Python scripts! ,RJ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20110329/3f839470/attachment.html>