a tool to upload to remote with tar and ssh

upload.py

#!/usr/local/bin/python
# coding=utf-8
# Copyright (c) 2015 CapsLock, Studio All Rights Reserved.

import os
import sys
import uuid

def main():
    argument = ['--help', '-t', '-i', '-h', '-o']
    data = {}
    flag = False
    for arg in argument:
        for argv in sys.argv:
            if flag is True:
                flag = False
                if argv in argument:
                    data[argv] = data.get(argv)
                else:
                    data[arg] = argv
                continue
            if arg == argv:
                flag = True
                data[argv] = data.get(argv)
    temp_folder = None
    input_file = None
    host = None
    output_path = None
    try:
        data['--help']
        print '\nUse tar and ssh to upload file to the folder.\nUsage: %s -i input_file -h host [-o output_path] [-t temp_folder]\n\temail: michael34435[at]gmail.com' % __file__
        sys.exit(0)
    except Exception as e:
        pass
    try:
        input_file = data.get('-i', (_ for _ in ()).throw(Exception('argument `-i’ is required.')) if data.get('-i') is None else None)
        host = data.get('-h', (_ for _ in ()).throw(Exception('argument `-h’ is required.')) if data.get('-h') is None else None)
    except Exception as e:
        print e
        sys.exit(0)
    temp_folder = data.get('-t', '~')
    output_path = data.get('-o', '~')
    _file = str(uuid.uuid1())
    os.system('tar -zc %s | ssh %s "cat > %s/%s.tar.gz && tar zxvf %s/%s.tar.gz -C %s; rm -rf %s/%s.tar.gz"' % tuple([input_file, host] + [temp_folder, _file] * 2 + [output_path] + [temp_folder, _file]))

if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()