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Command Line & Arguments

This section covers Python's built-in modules for handling command-line interfaces and argument parsing.

📦 Modules

  • argparse - Parser for command-line options, arguments and sub-commands

🔍 Quick Reference

ModulePurposeKey Classes
argparseCommand-line parsingArgumentParser, Action, Namespace

🚀 Common Use Cases

  • CLI applications: Create command-line tools and scripts
  • Argument validation: Validate and convert command-line arguments
  • Help generation: Automatically generate help messages
  • Sub-commands: Create complex CLI with multiple sub-commands