try: hmmm if i == '-c': print 'completed' continue if i == '-p': print 'progress' continue if i == '-w': print 'watch' continue if i == '-h': print 'help' continue except: for j in watch: if j[0] == 0: dirs = os.listdir(j[1]) w = w + len(dirs) elif j[0] == 1: dirs = os.listdir(j[1]) w = w + len(dirs) dirs = os.listdir(j[2]) w = w + len(dirs) elif j[0] == 2: dirs = os.listdir(j[1]) w = w + len(dirs) dirs = os.listdir(j[2]) c = c + len(dirs) progress = readconfig.get_progress() p = len(os.listdir(progress)) print 'There are', p, 'torrents in progress,', w, 'in monitoring and', c, 'complete.'