Python script skeleton

script.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
"""Docstring
"""

def main(args=None):
  # Pipe into head/tail w/o IOErrors
  from signal import signal, SIGPIPE, SIG_DFL 
  signal(SIGPIPE,SIG_DFL) 
  
  parsed_args = _parse_args(args)
  
  return 0

def _parse_args(args):
  from argparse import ArgumentParser, FileType, ArgumentDefaultsHelpFormatter
  # formatter includes parameter defaults in -h usage info
  parser = ArgumentParser(formatter_class=ArgumentDefaultsHelpFormatter)
  
  return parser.parse_args(args)
  
if __name__ == '__main__':
  import sys
  sys.exit(main(sys.argv[1:]))

setup.py

from setuptools import setup, find_packages

setup(
  name="package",
  version="0.1",
  packages=find_packages(),
  entry_points={
    'console_scripts': ['script_name = package.script:main']
    }
  )