diff --git a/snippets/c.snippets b/snippets/c.snippets
index 72ce3d0..c476de4 100644
--- a/snippets/c.snippets
+++ b/snippets/c.snippets
@@ -150,6 +150,63 @@ snippet pr
 # fprintf (again, this isn't as nice as TextMate's version, but it works)
 snippet fpr
 	fprintf(${1:stderr}, "${2:%s}\n"${3});${4}
+# getopt
+snippet getopt
+	int choice;
+	while (1)
+	{
+		static struct option long_options[] =
+		{
+			/* Use flags like so:
+			{"verbose",	no_argument,	&verbose_flag, 'V'}*/
+			/* Argument styles: no_argument, required_argument, optional_argument */
+			{"version", no_argument,	0,	'v'},
+			{"help",	no_argument,	0,	'h'},
+			${1}
+			{0,0,0,0}
+		};
+
+		int option_index = 0;
+
+		/* Argument parameters:
+			no_argument: " "
+			required_argument: ":"
+			optional_argument: "::" */
+
+		choice = getopt_long( argc, argv, "vh",
+					long_options, &option_index);
+
+		if (choice == -1)
+			break;
+
+		switch( choice )
+		{
+			case 'v':
+				${2}
+				break;
+
+			case 'h':
+				${3}
+				break;
+
+			case '?':
+				/* getopt_long will have already printed an error */
+				break;
+
+			default:
+				/* Not sure how to get here... */
+				return EXIT_FAILURE;
+		}
+	}
+
+	/* Deal with non-option arguments here */
+	if ( optind < argc )
+	{
+		while ( optind < argc )
+		{
+			${4}
+		}
+	}
 ##
 ## Miscellaneous
 # This is kind of convenient
diff --git a/snippets/python.snippets b/snippets/python.snippets
index 7f58d98..dd2e812 100644
--- a/snippets/python.snippets
+++ b/snippets/python.snippets
@@ -139,3 +139,20 @@ snippet testcase
 			${3:# TODO: write code...}
 snippet fut
 	from __future__ import ${1}
+#getopt
+snippet getopt
+	try:
+		# Short option syntax: "hv:"
+		# Long option syntax: "help" or "verbose="
+		opts, args = getopt.getopt(sys.argv[1:], "${1:short_options}", [${2:long_options}])
+	
+	except getopt.GetoptError, err:
+		# Print debug info
+		print str(err)
+		${3:error_action}
+
+	for option, argument in opts:
+		if option in ("-h", "--help"):
+			${4}
+		elif option in ("-v", "--verbose"):
+			verbose = argument
diff --git a/snippets/sh.snippets b/snippets/sh.snippets
index 508056c..9a48eb5 100644
--- a/snippets/sh.snippets
+++ b/snippets/sh.snippets
@@ -41,3 +41,43 @@ snippet go
 # Set SCRIPT_DIR variable to directory script is located.
 snippet sdir
 	SCRIPT_DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
+# getopt
+snippet getopt
+	__ScriptVersion="${1:version}"
+
+	#===  FUNCTION  ================================================================
+	#         NAME:  usage
+	#  DESCRIPTION:  Display usage information.
+	#===============================================================================
+	function usage ()
+	{
+			cat <<- EOT
+
+	  Usage :  $${0:0} [options] [--] 
+
+	  Options: 
+	  -h|help       Display this message
+	  -v|version    Display script version
+
+			EOT
+	}    # ----------  end of function usage  ----------
+
+	#-----------------------------------------------------------------------
+	#  Handle command line arguments
+	#-----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+	while getopts ":hv" opt
+	do
+	  case $opt in
+
+		h|help     )  usage; exit 0   ;;
+
+		v|version  )  echo "$${0:0} -- Version $__ScriptVersion"; exit 0   ;;
+
+		\? )  echo -e "\n  Option does not exist : $OPTARG\n"
+			  usage; exit 1   ;;
+
+	  esac    # --- end of case ---
+	done
+	shift $(($OPTIND-1))
+