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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:

Help example
Last modified: 07 August 2024
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