argparse

command line arguments is a standard and one of the most common ways to pass parameters to a python script. There exist a list of python libraries that help with that task. Here I am going to list some of them. argparse --------------------------- The default choice for the python developer. The module is included in python standard library and comes together with any python distribution. Example of usage: .. code-block:: #!...

How to include default values in ‘–help’ 1 2 3 parser = argparse.ArgumentParser( # ... other options ... formatter_class=argparse.ArgumentDefaultsHelpFormatter) Output looks like this: 1 2 3 --scan-time [SCAN_TIME] Wait SCAN-TIME seconds between status checks. (default: 5) Another tip: add ‘%(default)’ to the help parameter to control what is displayed. 1 2 parser.add_argument("--type", default="toto", choices=["toto","titi"], help = "type (default: %(default)s)") source