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Python: accept multiple instances of a command line argument
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Copyright 2016 David Antliff; this file is licensed under the terms of the Apache license version 2.0. For a full copy of the license, see https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 | |
Accept two styles of repeated options on the command line. | |
Style 1 - each instance repeats the option itself. E.g. | |
$ python prog --option A --option B | |
Style 2 - each instance occurs after a single instance of the option. E.g. | |
$ python prog --option C D E | |
This solution combines both styles. E.g. | |
$ python ./test_argparse.py --option A --option B --option C D E | |
['A', 'B', 'C', 'D', 'E'] | |
""" | |
import argparse | |
parser = argparse.ArgumentParser() | |
parser.add_argument("--option", nargs="+", action="append", dest="options") | |
args = parser.parse_args() | |
# args.options will be a list of lists, so flatten with: | |
options = [item for sublist in args.options for item in sublist] | |
print options |
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