batchurls = batchfd.readlines()
batchurls = [x.strip() for x in batchurls]
batchurls = [x for x in batchurls if len(x) > 0 and not re.search(r'^[#/;]', x)]
+ if opts.verbose:
+ sys.stderr.write(u'[debug] Batch file urls: ' + repr(batchurls) + u'\n')
except IOError:
sys.exit(u'ERROR: batch file could not be read')
all_urls = batchurls + args