template.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3
# Time-stamp: <2008-04-07 17:51:27 Tao Liu>

"""Module Description

Copyright (c) 2020 Tao Liu <vladimir.liu@gmail.com>

This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
under the terms of the BSD License (see the file COPYING included with
the distribution).

@status:  experimental
@version: $Revision$
@author:  Tao Liu
@contact: taoliu@jimmy.harvard.edu
"""

# ------------------------------------
# python modules
# ------------------------------------

import os
import sys
import argparse as ap

# ------------------------------------
# constants
# ------------------------------------

# ------------------------------------
# Misc functions
# ------------------------------------

# ------------------------------------
# Classes
# ------------------------------------

# ------------------------------------
# Main function
# ------------------------------------
def prepare_argparser ():
    description = "%(prog)s -- blah blah blah"
    epilog = "For command line options of each command, type: %(prog)s COMMAND -h"
    
    argparser = ap.ArgumentParser( description = description, epilog = epilog )
    argparser.add_argument("--version", action = "version", version="%(prog)s 0.1")
    argparser.add_argument("-i", "--ifile", dest = "ifile", type = str, required = True, help="input file")
    argparser.add_argument("-o", "--ofile", dest = "ofile", help = "output file") 
    return argparser

def main():
    # Parse options...
    argparser = prepare_argparser()
    args = argparser.parse_args()
    
    return


if __name__ == '__main__':
    try:
        main()
    except KeyboardInterrupt:
        sys.stderr.write("User interrupt me! ;-) See you!\n")
        sys.exit(0)