Introduction

argparse is a flexible parser of command line arguments that allows easy creation of terminal applications with rich command line interface.

Features

argparse provides a lot of features to support different use cases:

Positional arguments
Named arguments
Argument grouping
Subcommands
Built-in help screen
ANSI colors and styles
Shell completion
Support for different types, for example: scalars, enums, arrays, associative arrays, callbacks

Example of help screen with ANSI colors and styles:

Last modified: 09 November 2024