--- a/gops_coverage.py	Wed Nov 11 12:48:05 2015 -0500
+++ b/gops_coverage.py	Thu Jun 22 18:41:02 2017 -0400
@@ -7,11 +7,14 @@
     -1, --cols1=N,N,N,N: Columns for start, end, strand in first file
     -2, --cols2=N,N,N,N: Columns for start, end, strand in second file
 """
+from __future__ import print_function
+
 import fileinput
 import sys
+
+from bx.cookbook import doc_optparse
 from bx.intervals.io import GenomicInterval, NiceReaderWrapper
 from bx.intervals.operations.coverage import coverage
-from bx.cookbook import doc_optparse
 from bx.tabular.io import ParseError
 from galaxy.tools.util.galaxyops import fail, parse_cols_arg, skipped
 
@@ -48,16 +51,17 @@
                 out_file.write( "%s\n" % "\t".join( line.fields ) )
             else:
                 out_file.write( "%s\n" % line )
-    except ParseError, exc:
+    except ParseError as exc:
         out_file.close()
         fail( "Invalid file format: %s" % str( exc ) )
 
     out_file.close()
 
     if g1.skipped > 0:
-        print skipped( g1, filedesc=" of 1st dataset" )
+        print(skipped( g1, filedesc=" of 1st dataset" ))
     if g2.skipped > 0:
-        print skipped( g2, filedesc=" of 2nd dataset" )
+        print(skipped( g2, filedesc=" of 2nd dataset" ))
+
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     main()