--- equery.b	2005-05-26 13:10:01.000000000 +0200
+++ equery.b	2005-05-26 14:23:01.086013864 +0200
@@ -1519,12 +1519,20 @@ 
 		if x in Short_commands.keys():
 			return Short_commands[x]
 		return x
+	
+	def strip(x):
+		if x[:2] == "--":
+			return x[2:]
+		elif x[:1] == "-":
+			return x[1:]
+		else:
+			return x
 		
 	for i in xrange(len(args)):
-		x = args[i]
+		x = strip(args[i])
 		if 0:
 			pass
-		elif x in ["-h", "--help"]:
+		elif x in ["-h", "--help", "h"]:
 			showhelp = True
 		elif x in ["-V", "--version"]:
 			printVersion()