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+# A simple proxy server
+# by Humans for All
+#
+# Listens on the specified port (defaults to squids 3128)
+# * if a url query is got (http://localhost:3128/?url=http://site.of.interest/path/of/interest)
+#   fetches the contents of the specified url and returns the same to the requester
+#
+
+import sys
+
+gMe = {}
+
+def process_args(args: list[str]):
+    global gMe
+    gMe['INTERNAL.ProcessArgs.Malformed'] = []
+    gMe['INTERNAL.ProcessArgs.Unknown'] = []
+    iArg = 1
+    while iArg < len(args):
+        cArg = args[iArg]
+        if (not cArg.startswith("--")):
+            gMe['INTERNAL.ProcessArgs.Malformed'].append(cArg)
+            print(f"WARN:ProcessArgs:{iArg}:IgnoringMalformedCommandOr???:{cArg}")
+            iArg += 1
+            continue
+        match cArg:
+            case '--port':
+                iArg += 1
+                gMe[cArg] = args[iArg]
+                iArg += 1
+            case _:
+                gMe['INTERNAL.ProcessArgs.Unknown'].append(cArg)
+                print(f"WARN:ProcessArgs:{iArg}:IgnoringUnknownCommand:{cArg}")
+                iArg += 1
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    process_args(sys.argv)