Hello, pywikibot doesn't use standard arguments and argument parsing For example a standard input should be like this: python pwb.py replace "something" "something else" --page="python" --always or python pwb.py replace "something" "something else" --p "python" -a And in back-end, pywikibot uses sysargv for parsing args but it's discouraged and it's better to use argparse <https://docs.python.org/2/library/argparse.html> . I made some changes in bot.py in function handlearg https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/156089 Still needs lots of work but before I go on I want your opinion about this change. Best -- Amir