gistfile1.py

#!/usr/bin/env python2.7

import os, sys, getopt

def main():

    opts, args = getopt.getopt(sys.argv[1:], "ho:v", ["help", "output="])

    for o, a in opts:
        output = a
        if o in ("-u", "--update"):
            os.system('sudo pacman -Syu')
            os.system('sudo lilo')
        elif o in ("-h", "--help"):
            print '"-u" update system, "-h" show this message'
            sys.exit()
        else:
            print "ERROR ERROR ERROR 61486112"
            sys.exit()

if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()

i get this error on "./update -u"
$ ./update.py -u                                                          
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "./update.py", line 22, in <module>
    main()
  File "./update.py", line 7, in main
    opts, args = getopt.getopt(sys.argv[1:], "ho:v", ["help", "output="])
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/getopt.py", line 90, in getopt
    opts, args = do_shorts(opts, args[0][1:], shortopts, args[1:])
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/getopt.py", line 190, in do_shorts
    if short_has_arg(opt, shortopts):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/getopt.py", line 206, in short_has_arg
    raise GetoptError('option -%s not recognized' % opt, opt)
getopt.GetoptError: option -u not recognized