diff --git a/communication_techniques/parsing.sh b/communication_techniques/parsing.sh
index 2baa87e..bce7a6f 100755
--- a/communication_techniques/parsing.sh
+++ b/communication_techniques/parsing.sh
@@ -2,16 +2,58 @@
 
 set -u
 
-#barriereList="jikes_barrier asm_cache c_cache fake"
-barriereList="jikes_barrier asm_cache c_cache"
-communicationList="asm_cache c_cache shared_mem shared_mem_opt pipe"
-comList=`ls *.log | perl -ni -e '/-([^-]+)_comm/; $a{$1}=""; END { foreach ( sort keys %a ) {print "$_ "}}'`
-cacheList=`ls *log | perl -ni -e '/cache_([^-]+)-/; $a{$1}=""; END { foreach ( sort keys %a ) {print "$_ "}}'`
-prodList=`ls *.log | perl -ni -e '/typeProd_([^-]+)-/; $a{$1}=""; END { foreach ( sort keys %a ) {print "$_ "}}'`
-firstBarriereComm=`echo $barriereList | sed -r "s/^[^ ]* .*$//"`
-argTypeProdList=`eval ls *typeProd_useless_loop*${firstBarriereComm}_comm.log | perl -ni -e '/argTypeProd_([\d]+)-/; $a{$1}=""; END { foreach ( sort { $a <=> $b } keys %a ) {print "$_ "}}'`
+init_bench_vars ()
+{
+	local -
 
-metriqueList="cache_hits cache_miss cycles total_time"
+	#barriereList="jikes_barrier asm_cache c_cache fake"
+	barriereList="jikes_barrier asm_cache c_cache"
+	communicationList="asm_cache c_cache shared_mem shared_mem_opt pipe"
+}
+
+init_log_vars ()
+{
+	local firstBarriereComm -
+
+	comList=`ls *.log | perl -ni -e '/-([^-]+)_comm/; $a{$1}=""; END { foreach ( sort keys %a ) {print "$_ "}}'`
+	cacheList=`ls *log | perl -ni -e '/cache_([^-]+)-/; $a{$1}=""; END { foreach ( sort keys %a ) {print "$_ "}}'`
+	prodList=`ls *.log | perl -ni -e '/typeProd_([^-]+)-/; $a{$1}=""; END { foreach ( sort keys %a ) {print "$_ "}}'`
+	firstBarriereComm=`echo $barriereList | sed -r "s/^[^ ]* .*$//"`
+	argTypeProdList=`eval ls *typeProd_useless_loop*${firstBarriereComm}_comm.log | perl -ni -e '/argTypeProd_([\d]+)-/; $a{$1}=""; END { foreach ( sort { $a <=> $b } keys %a ) {print "$_ "}}'`
+	metriqueList="cache_hits cache_miss cycles total_time"
+}
+
+parse_args ()
+{
+	local opt optNum -
+
+	if [ $# -gt 0 ]
+	then
+		optNum=0
+		while [ $# -gt $optNum ]
+		do
+			optNum=$((optNum + 1))
+			eval opt=\$$optNum
+			case $opt in
+				"-e")
+					if [ $# -gt $optNum ]
+					then
+						optNum=$((optNum + 1))
+						eval opt=\$$optNum
+						eval "$opt"
+					else
+						echo "Missing argument after \"-e\""
+						return 1
+					fi ;;
+				*)
+					logDir="$opt" ;;
+			esac
+		done
+	else
+		logDir=$(pwd)
+	fi
+	return 0
+}
 
 use_histo ()
 {
@@ -319,12 +361,12 @@ create_gnuplot_file ()
 
 main()
 {
-	local -
+	local logDir -
 
-	if [ -n "$1" ]
-	then
-		cd "$1"
-	fi
+	init_bench_vars
+	parse_args "$@"
+	cd $logDir
+	init_log_vars
 
 	for prod in $prodList ; do
 		case "$prod" in