I'm writing a Python script that takes five pairs of files as arguments. I would like to allow the user to input these files as command-line arguments, but I'm worried he will put the files in the wrong order or not put a file right after the file it's paired with. How can I design my command-line arguments to avoid this problem in the least clunky way possible?
For example, if the files are "U1", "M1", "U2", "M2", "U3", "M3", "U4", "M4", "U5", "M5", I'm afraid the person might put the files in the order "U1 U2 U3 U4 U5 M1 M2 M3 M4 M5", or "U1 M2 U3 M4 M5 ..."