remove empty args (optparse)
diff --git a/examples/port_publisher.py b/examples/port_publisher.py
index a87be65..fd49943 100755
--- a/examples/port_publisher.py
+++ b/examples/port_publisher.py
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@
 

     group = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, "Serial Port Settings")

 

-    group.add_option("", "--ports-regex",

+    group.add_option("--ports-regex",

             dest="ports_regex",

             help="specify a regex to search against the serial devices and their descriptions (default: %default)",

             default='/dev/ttyUSB[0-9]+',

@@ -372,7 +372,7 @@
 

     group = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, "Network Settings")

 

-    group.add_option("", "--tcp-port",

+    group.add_option("--tcp-port",

             dest="base_port",

             help="specify lowest TCP port number (default: %default)",

             default=7000,

@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@
             help="start as daemon",

             default=False)

 

-    group.add_option("", "--pidfile",

+    group.add_option("--pidfile",

             dest="pid_file",

             help="specify a name for the PID file",

             default=None,

diff --git a/examples/tcp_serial_redirect.py b/examples/tcp_serial_redirect.py
index 0ac5c5a..ab2a015 100755
--- a/examples/tcp_serial_redirect.py
+++ b/examples/tcp_serial_redirect.py
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@
         default = 9600
     )
 
-    group.add_option("", "--parity",
+    group.add_option("--parity",
         dest = "parity",
         action = "store",
         help = "set parity, one of [N, E, O], default=%default",