import sys SYS_ARGS = {} if len(sys.argv) > 1: N = len(sys.argv) for i in range(1,N): value = None if sys.argv[i].startswith('--'): key = sys.argv[i][2:] #.replace('-','') SYS_ARGS[key] = 1 if i + 1 < N and not sys.argv[i + 1].startswith('--'): value = sys.argv[i + 1] = sys.argv[i+1].strip() else: value = None if key and value: SYS_ARGS[key] = value i += 2