# Getting command line arguments via sys.arg # sr 11/30/2013 import sys def error(msg): """Prints error message, sends it to stderr, and quites the program.""" sys.exit(msg) args = sys.argv[1:] # sys.argv[0] is the name of the python script itself try: arg1 = int(args[0]) arg2 = args[1] arg3 = args[2] print("Everything okay!") except ValueError: error("First argument must be integer type!") except IndexError: error("Requires 3 arguments!")