import sys SYS_ARGS = {'context':''} 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: value = sys.argv[i + 1] = sys.argv[i+1].strip() if key and value: SYS_ARGS[key] = value i += 2