passing file from command line startup

[Bradley Hintze]

Hi all,

Is there a way that I can startup my script and pass it a file? For example:

~$ python myscript.py mytext.txt

and then access mytext.txt in myscript.py?

As a long shot, for myscript.py I tried

def __init__(fle):
    print fle

expecting the full path to mytext.txt to be printed but that didn't work.

Obviously I've never done this. I hope the above makes sense. any help
will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
-- 
Bradley J. Hintze
Graduate Student
Duke University
School of Medicine
801-712-8799