How to use argparse to parse python scripts parameters | Linux Today

How to use argparse to parse python scripts parameters

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Egidio Docile
Nov 17, 2017

In a previous article we have seen how to parse command line arguments using getopts in the context of bash scripts. Now we will see how to accomplish the same task, in a more powerful way, when writing a python script.

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Egidio Docile

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