Use cmd arguments with ArgParse and Python.

argparse.py

import argparse

ap = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Script Description")

ap.add_argument("-s", "--string", required=True, help="Argument help.", type=str)
ap.add_argument("-n", "--number", default=0.0, help="Argument help.", type=float)
ap.add_argument("-l", "--list", nargs="+", type=int)
ap.add_argument('--feature1', dest='feature1', action='store_true')
ap.add_argument('--no-feature2', dest='feature2', action='store_false')
ap.set_defaults(feature1=False, feature2=True)

args = vars(ap.parse_args())