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In this series, we talk about python command-line arguments and why they are a must-have in any CLI
Before we catapult command-line arguments to infinity and beyond, we should go via one more item as suggested by an avid reader, Paddy. The docopt. In case you've just popped in, here's what we have done to this moment: argv argparse getopt So far...
As we get into more details with python command-line arguments, we have to remember the generic household name in the command line family; getopt. See, before we had the fancy argparse, we had this swiss army knife of a package. If you are a 'regula...
And...We're back, once more with our CLI programming. We're taking a deeper dive into the waters of command-line arguments, this time, looking at a friend to argv ; using argparse. That's right, it's a whole family. Last time we talked, we had a who...
Command-line arguments. What are they, really? Why would you ever use them? Command-line arguments are a way of reducing hard-coded variables in a program. In this case, if your program takes in user input every now and then and does something to it,...
