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A Python module for implementing command-line interfaces

What does metavar and action mean in argparse in Python?

I am reading through argparse module. I got stuck as what to metavar and action means >>> parser.…

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How can I get argparse in Python 2.6?

I have some Python 2.7 code written that uses the argparse module. Now I need to run it on a Python 2.6 …

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Python argparse ignore unrecognised arguments

Optparse, the old version just ignores all unrecognised arguments and carries on. In most situations, this isn't ideal and was …

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How do you write tests for the argparse portion of a python module?

I have a Python module that uses the argparse library. How do I write tests for that section of the …

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How to make python argparse mutually exclusive group arguments without prefix?

Python2.7 argparse only accepts optional arguments (prefixed) in mutually exclusive groups: parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(prog='mydaemon') action = parser.add_mutually_…

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How to parse multiple nested sub-commands using python argparse?

I am implementing a command line program which has interface like this: cmd [GLOBAL_OPTIONS] {command [COMMAND_OPTS]} [{command [COMMAND_…

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Argparse: Check if any arguments have been passed

My script should start a demo mode, when the no parameters are given. I tried this: args = parser.parse_args() …

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Require either of two arguments using argparse

Given: import argparse pa = argparse.ArgumentParser() pa.add_argument('--foo') pa.add_argument('--bar') print pa.parse_args('--foo 1'.…

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Argparse: Way to include default values in '--help'?

Suppose I have the following argparse snippet: diags.cmdln_parser.add_argument( '--scan-time', action = 'store', nargs = '?', type = int, …

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Having options in argparse with a dash

I want to have some options in argparse module such as --pm-export however when I try to use it like …

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