Hello, I think that this isn't possible with optparse library.
However, it's possible with argparse (http://code.google.com/p/argparse/): http://argparse.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/doc/other-methods.html#sub-commands It's not a standard library, but it's worth to take a look at it. Best regards, Javier 2009/8/14 Steven Woody <narkewo...@gmail.com>: > Hi, > I am using OptionParser, but I've not managed figure out a way to support > what I wanted command line format "prog <cmd> [options] [arguments]". > E.g., "svn ls -r123 http://hello.world". Can I do this using OptionParser? > Thanks. > -- > Life is the only flaw in an otherwise perfect nonexistence > -- Schopenhauer > > narke > public key at http://subkeys.pgp.net:11371 (narkewo...@gmail.com) > > -- > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list > > -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
