Basic argument processing in python3

getopt.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3
#
# This gist shows how to process (4) common argument styles in python3 using the getopt module.
#
# -a
# -a val
# --a=val
# --a
#
import sys, getopt

opts, args = getopt.getopt(sys.argv[1:],"u:h",["url=","help"])

for opt, arg in opts:
    if opt in ("-h", "--help"):
        # -h
        # --help
        print('Add an active feed:\n')
        print('\tpython3 feed.py -u https://somefeed.com/rss/ -a\n')
        print('\tpython3 feed.py --url=https://somefeed.com/rss/ -a\n')
        print('Add a de-activated feed:\n')
        print('\tpython3 feed.py -u https://somefeed.com/rss/ -d\n')
        print('\tpython3 feed.py --url=https://somefeed.com/rss/ -d\n')
        sys.exit()
    elif opt in ("-u", "--url"):
        # -u https://someurl.com/
        # --url=https://someurl.com/
        url = arg
        print(url)

use argparse instead