Modified threaded server for command line arguments

threaded-server.py

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ class serverThread( threading.Thread ):
         threading.Thread.__init__(self)
         self.connection = connection
         self.clientAddress = clientAddress
-        
+
     # this method (which is automatically invoked by start) does all the processing for one client
     def run(self):
         print ('connection from {}'.format(self.clientAddress))
@@ -25,13 +25,21 @@ class serverThread( threading.Thread ):
 
         # Clean up the connection
         self.connection.close()
-    
+
 # the main function
 # Create a TCP/IP socket
 sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
 
+# process command line arguments
+argc = len(sys.argv)
+if argc != 2:
+    print ("usage: python3 server.py serverPort")
+    sys.exit()
+port = int(sys.argv[1])
+
 # Bind the socket to the port
-server_address = ('localhost', 10000)
+server_address = ('',port)
+
 print ('starting up on {} port {}'.format(server_address[0], server_address[1]))
 sock.bind(server_address)
 
@@ -46,5 +54,3 @@ while True:
     # create a thread to handle this client
     thread = serverThread( connection, client_address )
     thread.start()
-
-