if len(sys.argv) != 4:         # The script name needs to be accounted for as well.
    raise RuntimeError("expected 3 command line arguments")

f = open(sys.argv[1], 'rb')    # Use first command line argument.
start_line = int(sys.argv[2])  # All arguments come as strings, so need to be
end_line = int(sys.argv[3])    # converted explicitly if other types are required.

# The name of the executed script is at the beginning of the argv list.
print('usage:', sys.argv[0], '<filename> <start> <end>')

# You can use it to generate the path prefix of the executed program
# (as opposed to the current module) to access files relative to that,
# which would be good for assets of a game, for instance.
program_file = sys.argv[0]

import pathlib
program_path = pathlib.Path(program_file).resolve().parent

# Error messages should not go to standard output, if possible.
print('ERROR: We have no cheese at all.', file=sys.stderr)

try:
    f = open('nonexistent-file.xyz', 'rb')
except OSError as e:
    print(e, file=sys.stderr)

def main():
    if len(sys.argv) != 4 or '--help' in sys.argv[1:]:
        print('usage: my_program <arg1> <arg2> <arg3>', file=sys.stderr)
        
        sys.exit(1)    # use an exit code to signal the program was unsuccessful

    process_data()