import os import glob import sys args = sys.argv[1:] def getNumberList(_files): number_list = [] for f in _files: print f filename = os.path.basename(f) ftitle, text = os.path.splitext(filename) number_list.append(ftitle.split(' ')[3]) return number_list number_list = getNumberList(args) number_list.sort() for nl in number_list: print nl