diff -r 13254db884e9 Lib/pickle.py
--- a/Lib/pickle.py	Sun Jun 01 12:36:39 2014 +0300
+++ b/Lib/pickle.py	Sun Jun 01 15:34:07 2014 +0200
@@ -1581,6 +1581,12 @@
         'pickle_file', type=argparse.FileType('br'),
         nargs='*', help='the pickle file')
     parser.add_argument(
+        '-w', '--width', type=int,
+        help='maximum number of characters per line')
+    parser.add_argument(
+        '-c', '--compact', action='store_true',
+        help='display as many items as will fit on each output line')
+    parser.add_argument(
         '-t', '--test', action='store_true',
         help='run self-test suite')
     parser.add_argument(
@@ -1594,6 +1600,9 @@
             parser.print_help()
         else:
             import pprint
+            kwargs = {'compact': args.compact}
+            if args.width is not None:
+                kwargs['width'] = args.width
             for f in args.pickle_file:
                 obj = load(f)
-                pprint.pprint(obj)
+                pprint.pprint(obj, **kwargs)