can't pass command-line arguments

[BartlebyScrivener]

Tim,

I had not seen the thread you linked to. I learned something, but it
still doesn't explain whatever is happening on my machine. When I run
assoc and ftype I get exactly the results you say I need to run the
scripts properly. However, this simple script (printargs.py) seems to
work whether I type the .py extention or not.

import os
import sys

print sys.argv
print sys.argv[0]
print sys.argv[1]
print sys.argv[2]

Whereas this more complex script (cbfindfiles.py) will NOT work unless
I type the .py extension. Otherwise the arguments don't seem to pass.

import os
import fnmatch
import sys

def all_files(root, patterns='*', single_level=False,
yield_folders=False):
    """walks the directory tree starting at root and finds all files
matching patterns"""
    # Expand patterns from semicolon-separated string to list
    patterns = patterns.split(';')
    for path, subdirs, files in os.walk(root):
        if yield_folders:
            files.extend(subdirs)
        files.sort()
        for name in files:
            for pattern in patterns:
                if fnmatch.fnmatch(name, pattern):
                    yield os.path.join(path, name)
                    break
        if single_level:
            break
if __name__ == "__main__":
    for path in all_files(sys.argv[1], sys.argv[2]):
        print path

It's not big deal. I don't mind typing the .py extension. It's just a
curious quirk. Thanks for your help.

Rick