From: Stefan Raspl <stefan.raspl@xxxxxxxxxx> Errors while parsing the '-g' command line argument result in display of usage information prior to the error message. This is a bit confusing, as the command line is syntactically correct. To reproduce, run 'kvm_stat -g' and specify a non-existing or inactive guest. Signed-off-by: Stefan Raspl <raspl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- tools/kvm/kvm_stat/kvm_stat | 13 +++++-------- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/tools/kvm/kvm_stat/kvm_stat b/tools/kvm/kvm_stat/kvm_stat index 29c56f3a05dc..6ca18d15488e 100755 --- a/tools/kvm/kvm_stat/kvm_stat +++ b/tools/kvm/kvm_stat/kvm_stat @@ -1453,16 +1453,13 @@ Press any other key to refresh statistics immediately. try: pids = Tui.get_pid_from_gname(val) except: - raise optparse.OptionValueError('Error while searching for guest ' - '"{}", use "-p" to specify a pid ' - 'instead'.format(val)) + sys.exit('Error while searching for guest "{}", use "-p" to ' + 'specify a pid instead'.format(val)) if len(pids) == 0: - raise optparse.OptionValueError('No guest by the name "{}" ' - 'found'.format(val)) + sys.exit('Error: No guest by the name "{}" found'.format(val)) if len(pids) > 1: - raise optparse.OptionValueError('Multiple processes found (pids: ' - '{}) - use "-p" to specify a pid ' - 'instead'.format(" ".join(pids))) + sys.exit('Error: Multiple processes found (pids: {}) - use "-p" ' + 'to specify a pid instead'.format(" ".join(pids))) parser.values.pid = pids[0] optparser = optparse.OptionParser(description=description_text, -- 2.13.5