Slugify CLI tool in Python

slugify

#!/usr/bin/env python3

# Usage:
# slugify any thing here really

# Stolen from Django:
# https://github.com/django/django/blob/277017aea4cf72a1797102e6d129165181d04e17/django/utils/text.py#L386


import re
import sys
import unicodedata


def slugify(value):
    """
    Convert to ASCII if 'allow_unicode' is False. Convert spaces to hyphens.
    Remove characters that aren't alphanumerics, underscores, or hyphens.
    Convert to lowercase. Also strip leading and trailing whitespace.
    """
    value = str(value)
    value = (
        unicodedata.normalize("NFKD", value).encode("ascii", "ignore").decode("ascii")
    )
    value = re.sub(r"[^\w\s-]", "", value).strip().lower()
    return re.sub(r"[-\s]+", "-", value)


def main():
    if len(sys.argv) == 1:
        print("Usage: slugify any thing here really")
        exit(0)
    cli_arguments = str(sys.argv[1:])
    print(slugify(cli_arguments))


if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()