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Python argparser init
# argprase library that will help us to deal with arguments
import argparse
import sys
myParser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Definition of the python file')
myParser.add_argument('mandatory',
type=str,
help='Mandatory argument')
myParser.add_argument('--optional', '-o',
metavar='str',
type=str,
help='Optional argument')
myParser.add_argument('--default', '-d',
default='defaultValue',
help='Argument with default value')
myParser.add_argument('--list', '-l',
metavar='element',
nargs='+',
help='Argument list')
requiredArgs = myParser.add_argument_group('required arguments') # a new argument group added
requiredArgs.add_argument('--required', '-r',
type=str,
help='Required argument',
required=True)
argsList = myParser.parse_args()
print("argsList :", argsList)
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