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 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 
 #Dependencies: catdoc, Python 3.x
 #on Ubuntu, you can install it with this: sudo apt-get install catdoc
 
 import subprocess, shlex, glob, os, zipfile, re, html.parser, sys;
 
 def files_with_word(word, path, delete=None):
     if delete==None or delete=="delete" or delete==True or delete==False:
         pass;
     else:
         print("The third argument must either be the word, ‘delete’, or it must be omitted.\n\nNo files deleted.");
         return;
     files_with_word_list=[];
     for x in glob.glob(os.path.join(path, "*.doc")):
         command=shlex.split('catdoc -w "' + x + '"');
         file_text, err=subprocess.Popen(command, stdout=subprocess.PIPE).communicate();
         if word in str(file_text):
             files_with_word_list.append(x);
     for x in glob.glob(os.path.join(path, "*.docx"))+glob.glob(os.path.join(path, "*.odt")):
         z=zipfile.ZipFile(x);
         zippath="word/document.xml";
         if x.endswith("odt")==True:
             zippath="content.xml";
         file_text=z.read(zippath).decode();
         file_text=re.sub(r"<[^>]*>", r"", file_text)[1:];
-    if delete=="delete":
+
         #print(file_text); #This is for debugging purposes.
         if word in file_text:
             files_with_word_list.append(x);
-    elif delete==None:
+
     if delete=="delete" or delete==True:
         for x in files_with_word_list:
-        raise ValueError("The third argument must either be the word, ‘delete’, or it must be omitted.");
+
             os.remove(x);
-try:
+
-    files_with_word(sys.argv[1], sys.argv[2], sys.argv[3]);
+if len(sys.argv)<=2 or len(sys.argv)>4:
-except IndexError:
+    if len(sys.argv)==2 and sys.argv[1] not in {"--help", "-h", "--h", "-help"}:
-    files_with_word(sys.argv[1], sys.argv[2]);
+        answer=input("Do you wish to delete the files? ");
         if answer.lower().strip() in {"y", "yes", "sure", "okay", "yeah", "yep", "yea", "of course", "certainly", "assuredly", "affirmative", "why not"}:
             files_with_word(sys.argv[1], "", "delete");
         else:
             files_with_word(sys.argv[1], "");
             print("(Files not deleted.)");
     else:
         print("This program searches word processor files (doc, docx and odt) for words or phrases, and optonally allows you to delete any matches it finds.\nUsage:\nfindwpdir.py phrase path [delete]\n(You may omit the path for the current directory.)");
 else:
     try:
         files_with_word(sys.argv[1], sys.argv[2], sys.argv[3]);
     except IndexError:
         files_with_word(sys.argv[1], sys.argv[2]);