diff --git a/ArchiveExtractor.py b/ArchiveExtractor.py
index 1e4fef8e6f391adc11fada4ed11da6f7a2765614..a87cb05de193fd083eef2ae4cc816eda07ec194e 100755
--- a/ArchiveExtractor.py
+++ b/ArchiveExtractor.py
@@ -291,11 +291,17 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
             help="Extractor device number, default: %(default)s")
 
     parser.add_argument("--fileout", type=str, default="extracted_%s.npy"%datetime.datetime.now().strftime("%Y%m%d_%H%M%S"),
-        help="filename of the extraction destination. Default: %(default)s"),
+            help="filename of the extraction destination. Default: %(default)s"),
 
     parser.add_argument('--log', type=str, default="INFO",
             help="Log level. Default: %(default)s.")
 
+
+    parser.add_argument('--filemode', action="store_true",
+            help="Set attribute to filemode."+
+            " Instead of specifying attributes, put a path to a file containing a list of attributes."+
+            " The file contains one attribute per line.")
+
     parser.add_argument('attributes', type=str, nargs='+',
                         help="List of attributes to extract. Full tango path.")
 
@@ -316,6 +322,23 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
 
     logger.debug("Parsed arguments: %s"%args)
 
+    #######################################################
+    # Filemode or not
+    if args.filemode:
+        logger.info("Filemode, openning file %s"%args.attributes[0])
+        # Read the file. Each line is an attribute
+        with open(args.attributes[0], "r") as fp:
+            attributes = fp.readlines()
+
+        logger.debug("Read lines : %s"%attributes)
+
+        # Clean end of line
+        for i_a in range(len(attributes)):
+            attributes[i_a] = attributes[i_a].rstrip()
+
+    else:
+        attributes = args.attributes
+
     #######################################################
     # Select Extractor
     extractor = "archiving/%sDBExtractor/%d"%(args.DB, args.DBN)
@@ -328,7 +351,7 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
     # Extract from database
     logger.info("Extract from %s to %s."%(args.dateStart, args.dateStop))
 
-    for attr in args.attributes:
+    for attr in attributes:
         logger.info("Extracting attribute %s..."%attr)
 
         try: