Python Template

"""
This script does something and returns something
"""

__author__ = ""
__copyright__ = ""
__license__ = ""
__version__ = "0.1"
__maintainer__ = ""
__email__ = "@"
__status__ = ""

import argparse
import sys

# Parser
parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Description One.")
parser.add_argument("-i", "--Input", type=str, required=True,
                    help="Path to the input file")

parser.add_argument("-p", "--Param", default=10, type=int,
                    help="Some other optional parameter (default=10))

args = parser.parse_args()

if __name__ == "__main__":
    
    # Input arguments
    path = args.Input
    param = args.Param
    
    
    # Open and read
    try:
          #something
    except:
        raise Exception("Input File could not be read!")
           

    #do some stuff here
    
    sys.stdout.write(return_value)
    sys.exit()