#!/usr/bin/env python
import optparse
import ConfigParser

def readConfig(file="hello_config.ini"):
    Config = ConfigParser.ConfigParser()
    Config.read(file)
    sections = Config.sections()
    for section in sections:
        #uncomment line below to see how this config file is parsed
        #print Config.items(section)
        phrase = Config.items(section)[0][1]
        return phrase

def main():
    p = optparse.OptionParser()
    p.add_option('--sysadmin', '-s')
    p.add_option('--config', '-c', action="store_true")
    p.set_defaults(sysadmin="BOFH")

    options, arguments = p.parse_args()
    if options.config:
        options.sysadmin = readConfig()
    print 'Hello, %s' % options.sysadmin

if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()