Index: nse_main.cc
===================================================================
--- nse_main.cc	(revision 26658)
+++ nse_main.cc	(working copy)
@@ -290,6 +290,7 @@
   setbfield(L, -1, "scripthelp", o.scripthelp);
   setsfield(L, -1, "script_dbpath", SCRIPT_ENGINE_DATABASE);
   setsfield(L, -1, "scriptargs", o.scriptargs);
+  setsfield(L, -1, "scriptargsfile", o.scriptargsfile);
   setsfield(L, -1, "NMAP_URL", NMAP_URL);
 }
 
Index: NmapOps.h
===================================================================
--- NmapOps.h	(revision 26658)
+++ NmapOps.h	(working copy)
@@ -330,6 +330,7 @@
 #ifndef NOLUA
   int script;
   char *scriptargs;
+  char *scriptargsfile;
   int scriptversion;
   int scripttrace;
   int scriptupdatedb;
Index: nmap.cc
===================================================================
--- nmap.cc	(revision 26658)
+++ nmap.cc	(working copy)
@@ -628,6 +628,8 @@
       {"script_updatedb", no_argument, 0, 0},
       {"script-args",required_argument,0,0},
       {"script_args",required_argument,0,0},
+      {"script-args-file",required_argument,0,0},
+      {"script_args_file",required_argument,0,0},
       {"script-help",required_argument,0,0},
       {"script_help",required_argument,0,0},
 #endif
@@ -656,6 +658,8 @@
               o.chooseScripts(optarg);
       } else if (optcmp(long_options[option_index].name,"script-args")==0){
               o.scriptargs=strdup(optarg);
+      } else if (optcmp(long_options[option_index].name,"script-args-file")==0){
+              o.scriptargsfile=strdup(optarg);
       } else if (optcmp(long_options[option_index].name, "script-trace") == 0) {
               o.scripttrace = 1;
       } else if (optcmp(long_options[option_index].name, "script-updatedb") == 0){
Index: nse_main.lua
===================================================================
--- nse_main.lua	(revision 26658)
+++ nse_main.lua	(working copy)
@@ -986,6 +986,19 @@
     end
   end
   nmap.registry.args = parse_table("{"..args.."}", 1);
+  -- Check if user wants to read scriptargs from a file
+  if cnse.scriptargsfile ~= nil then --scriptargsfile path/to/file
+    local t, path = cnse.fetchfile_absolute(cnse.scriptargsfile)
+    assert(t == 'file', format("%s is not a file", path))
+    local argfile = assert(open(path, 'r'));
+    local argstring = argfile:read("*a")
+    argstring = gsub(argstring,"\n",",")
+    local tmpargs = parse_table("{"..argstring.."}",1)
+    for k,v in pairs(nmap.registry.args) do
+      tmpargs[k] = v
+    end
+    nmap.registry.args = tmpargs
+  end
 end
 
 -- Update Missing Script Database?