python · hugovk · Mar 17, 2025 · Mar 15, 2025 · Mar 17, 2025
diff --git a/Doc/library/pickletools.rst b/Doc/library/pickletools.rst
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ ordinary users of the :mod:`pickle` module probably won't find the

 .. _pickletools-cli:

-Command line usage
+Command-line usage
 ------------------

 .. versionadded:: 3.2
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ For example, with a tuple ``(1, 2)`` pickled in file ``x.pickle``:
        9: .    STOP
    highest protocol among opcodes = 2

-Command line options
+Command-line options
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

 .. program:: pickletools
@@ -72,12 +72,16 @@ Command line options

 .. option:: -p, --preamble=<preamble>

-   When more than one pickle file are specified, print given preamble
+   When more than one pickle file is specified, print given preamble
   before each disassembly.

+.. option:: pickle_file

+   A pickle file to read, or ``-`` to indicate reading from standard input.

-Programmatic Interface
+
+
+Programmatic interface
 ----------------------



diff --git a/Lib/pickletools.py b/Lib/pickletools.py
@@ -2845,7 +2845,7 @@ def __init__(self, value):
        description='disassemble one or more pickle files')
    parser.add_argument(
        'pickle_file',
-        nargs='*', help='the pickle file')
+        nargs='+', help='the pickle file')
    parser.add_argument(
        '-o', '--output',
        help='the file where the output should be written')
@@ -2863,26 +2863,23 @@ def __init__(self, value):
        help='if more than one pickle file is specified, print this before'
        ' each disassembly')
    args = parser.parse_args()
-    if not args.pickle_file:
-        parser.print_help()
+    annotate = 30 if args.annotate else 0
+    memo = {} if args.memo else None
+    if args.output is None:
+        output = sys.stdout
    else:
-        annotate = 30 if args.annotate else 0
-        memo = {} if args.memo else None
-        if args.output is None:
-            output = sys.stdout
-        else:
-            output = open(args.output, 'w')
-        try:
-            for arg in args.pickle_file:
-                if len(args.pickle_file) > 1:
-                    name = '<stdin>' if arg == '-' else arg
-                    preamble = args.preamble.format(name=name)
-                    output.write(preamble + '\n')
-                if arg == '-':
-                    dis(sys.stdin.buffer, output, memo, args.indentlevel, annotate)
-                else:
-                    with open(arg, 'rb') as f:
-                        dis(f, output, memo, args.indentlevel, annotate)
-        finally:
-            if output is not sys.stdout:
-                output.close()
+        output = open(args.output, 'w')
+    try:
+        for arg in args.pickle_file:
+            if len(args.pickle_file) > 1:
+                name = '<stdin>' if arg == '-' else arg
+                preamble = args.preamble.format(name=name)
+                output.write(preamble + '\n')
+            if arg == '-':
+                dis(sys.stdin.buffer, output, memo, args.indentlevel, annotate)
+            else:
+                with open(arg, 'rb') as f:
+                    dis(f, output, memo, args.indentlevel, annotate)
+    finally:
+        if output is not sys.stdout:
+            output.close()