diff --git a/byexample/cmdline.py b/byexample/cmdline.py
index ad603dff..959d9245 100644
--- a/byexample/cmdline.py
+++ b/byexample/cmdline.py
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@
 
 from .log_level import str_to_level
 from .prof import profile
+'''
+>>> from byexample.cmdline import ByexampleArgumentParser
+'''
 
 
 class _CSV(argparse.Action):
@@ -181,6 +184,88 @@ def _expand_glob_patterns(gpatterns):
     return list(set(fnames))
 
 
+class ByexampleArgumentParser(argparse.ArgumentParser):
+    def convert_arg_line_to_args(self, arg_line):
+        ''' Return a list with the arguments read from a line.
+
+            If in the line there is a flag/argument with one or more
+            values the flag may be separated from its value(s) with
+            a space and this method will replace it with an '='.
+
+            This is in order to produce a single argument for each
+            line as it is expected by argparse.ArgumentParser.
+
+            >>> parser = ByexampleArgumentParser()
+            >>> parser.convert_arg_line_to_args('--skip=foo')
+            ['--skip=foo']
+
+            >>> parser.convert_arg_line_to_args('--skip foo')
+            ['--skip=foo']
+
+            >>> parser.convert_arg_line_to_args('--skip=foo bar')
+            ['--skip=foo bar']
+
+            >>> parser.convert_arg_line_to_args('--skip foo bar')
+            ['--skip=foo bar']
+
+            >>> parser.convert_arg_line_to_args('--skip=')
+            ['--skip=']
+
+            >>> parser.convert_arg_line_to_args('--skip ')
+            ['--skip ']
+
+            >>> parser.convert_arg_line_to_args('--skip')
+            ['--skip']
+
+            >>> parser.convert_arg_line_to_args('foo')
+            ['foo']
+
+            >>> parser.convert_arg_line_to_args('foo bar')
+            ['foo bar']
+
+            Empty lines or lines that starts with a # are ignored.
+
+            >>> parser.convert_arg_line_to_args('  ')
+            []
+
+            >>> parser.convert_arg_line_to_args(' # foo ')
+            []
+        '''
+        arg_line = arg_line.lstrip()
+        if arg_line and arg_line[0] in self.prefix_chars:
+            flag, _, value = arg_line.partition(' ')
+            value = value.lstrip()
+            if not value:
+                # the flag is argumentless or it is using '='
+                # to paste the flag with its argument,
+                # return the whole line then
+                #
+                # Ex:
+                #   -foo
+                #   -bar=32
+                #   -zaz=
+                return [arg_line]
+            else:
+                if '=' in flag:
+                    # the line already has the '=' to paste the
+                    # flag with the argument, leave them as they are
+                    #
+                    # Ex:
+                    #   -bar=32 42
+                    return [arg_line]
+
+                # Paste the flag with its value (or values) with a '='
+                return [flag + '=' + value]
+
+        if arg_line and arg_line[0] == '#':
+            return []
+
+        if not arg_line:
+            return []
+
+        return [arg_line]
+
+
 @profile
 def parse_args(args=None):
     '''Parse the arguments args and return the them.
@@ -192,7 +277,7 @@ def parse_args(args=None):
     )
 
     python_version = sys.version.split(' ', 1)[0]
-    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
+    parser = ByexampleArgumentParser(
         fromfile_prefix_chars='@',
         add_help=False,
         formatter_class=HelpExtraFormatter,
diff --git a/docs/basic/options.md b/docs/basic/options.md
index 6bee6133..8a93a843 100644
--- a/docs/basic/options.md
+++ b/docs/basic/options.md
@@ -64,22 +64,104 @@ Other languages and concerns may add their owns.
 If the amount of options is a little overwhelming for you, you can
 write them down to a file and let ``byexample`` load them for you.
 
-The only convention that you need to follow is to write one option
-per line and use ``=`` for the arguments.
+The only convention that you need to follow is to write **one** option
+per line. If the option receives one argument you can separate them by
+`=` or by a space but if there is more than one argument you will have
+to write the option and the arguments one by one in its own line.
 
 ```shell
 $ cat test/ds/options_file
--l=python
---options="+norm-ws"
+# Options and their arguments are separated by a = or by a space
+-l python
+--options=+norm-ws
+<...>
+# But if the option receives more than one argument, all of them
+# must be in its own line
+--skip
+test/ds/pkg/foo1.py
+test/ds/pkg/foo2.py
+<...>
+# This wouldn't work:
+#--skip test/ds/pkg/foo1.py test/ds/pkg/foo2.py
+<...>
 ```
 
 Then load it with ``@`` and the file; you can use multiple files
 and combine them with more options from the command line:
 
 ```shell
-$ byexample @test/ds/options_file test/ds/python-tutorial.v2.md
+$ byexample @test/ds/options_file -- test/ds/python-tutorial.v2.md
 <...>
 File test/ds/python-tutorial.v2.md, 4/4 test ran in <...> seconds
 [PASS] Pass: 4 Fail: 0 Skip: 0
 ```
 
+> **Note:** before `10.5.2` the options in the file required to be followed by an
+> `=` like `-l=python`; spaces were not allowed.
+
+## File pattern expansions
+
+Consider the following:
+
+```shell
+$ byexample -l python test/ds/pkg/*.py | grep pkg | sort    # byexample: +timeout=8
+File test/ds/pkg/bar1.py, 1/1 test ran in <...> seconds
+File test/ds/pkg/foo1.py, 1/1 test ran in <...> seconds
+File test/ds/pkg/foo2.py, 1/1 test ran in <...> seconds
+```
+
+Your *shell* usually expands `test/ds/pkg/*.py` into a list of files:
+`test/ds/pkg/bar1.py`, `test/ds/pkg/foo1.py` and `test/ds/pkg/foo2.py`
+
+The same happens with the argument list for `--skip`, it is expanded by
+your *shell*.
+
+```shell
+$ byexample -l python --skip test/ds/pkg/foo* -- test/ds/pkg/*.py | grep pkg | sort    # byexample: +timeout=8
+File test/ds/pkg/bar1.py, 1/1 test ran in <...> seconds
+```
+
+Since `10.0.3`, `byexample` does the same expansion even if you shell does not.
+This is in particular useful if the list of files is in a file (where your shell
+never ever see).
+
+```shell
+$ cat test/ds/pkg/bopts
+--skip=test/ds/pkg/foo*.py
+--
+test/ds/pkg/*.py
+
+$ byexample -l python @test/ds/pkg/bopts | grep pkg | sort    # byexample: +timeout=8
+File test/ds/pkg/bar1.py, 1/1 test ran in <...> seconds
+```
+
+<!--
+
+Extra test checking that options in a file with multiple spaces are
+interpreted correctly now that we support separate the flag from its
+value with a space (before an '=' was always required)
+
+So the following lines are equivalent
+    -skip=foo bar
+    -skip foo bar
+
+$ cat test/ds/pkg/bopts2
+<...>skip
+test/ds/pkg/foo1.py
+test/ds/pkg/foo2.py
+<...>
+
+$ byexample -l python @test/ds/pkg/bopts2 | grep pkg | wc -l    # byexample: +timeout=8
+1
+
+$ cat test/ds/pkg/bopts3
+<...>skip=test/ds/pkg/foo1.py test/ds/pkg/foo2.py
+<...>
+
+$ byexample -l python @test/ds/pkg/bopts2 | grep pkg | wc -l    # byexample: +timeout=8
+1
+
+$ byexample -l python @test/ds/pkg/bopts | grep pkg | wc -l     # byexample: +timeout=8
+1
+
+-->
diff --git a/test/ds/options_file b/test/ds/options_file
index 1c9beff0..cdf8b7a9 100644
--- a/test/ds/options_file
+++ b/test/ds/options_file
@@ -1,2 +1,12 @@
--l=python
---options="+norm-ws"
+# Options and their arguments are separated by a = or by a space
+-l python
+--options=+norm-ws
+
+# But if the option receives more than one argument, all of them
+# must be in its own line
+--skip
+test/ds/pkg/foo1.py
+test/ds/pkg/foo2.py
+
+# This wouldn't work:
+#--skip test/ds/pkg/foo1.py test/ds/pkg/foo2.py
diff --git a/test/ds/pkg/bar1.py b/test/ds/pkg/bar1.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..687bd03d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/ds/pkg/bar1.py
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+'''
+>>> print("bar1")
+bar1
+'''
diff --git a/test/ds/pkg/bopts b/test/ds/pkg/bopts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4f3c56ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/ds/pkg/bopts
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+--skip=test/ds/pkg/foo*.py
+--
+test/ds/pkg/*.py
diff --git a/test/ds/pkg/bopts2 b/test/ds/pkg/bopts2
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4ca1c9bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/ds/pkg/bopts2
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+--skip
+test/ds/pkg/foo1.py
+test/ds/pkg/foo2.py
+--
+test/ds/pkg/foo1.py
+test/ds/pkg/foo2.py
+test/ds/pkg/bar1.py
diff --git a/test/ds/pkg/bopts3 b/test/ds/pkg/bopts3
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f44d2219
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/ds/pkg/bopts3
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+--skip=test/ds/pkg/foo1.py test/ds/pkg/foo2.py
+--
+test/ds/pkg/*.py
diff --git a/test/ds/pkg/foo1.py b/test/ds/pkg/foo1.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a2ef0b27
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/ds/pkg/foo1.py
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+'''
+>>> print("foo1")
+foo1
+'''
diff --git a/test/ds/pkg/foo2.py b/test/ds/pkg/foo2.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..472f998f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/ds/pkg/foo2.py
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+'''
+>>> print("foo2")
+foo2
+'''