argparse 1.0
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The argparse module makes writing command line tools in Python easy.
Just briefly describe your command line interface and argparse will
take care of the rest, including:

* parsing the arguments and flags from ``sys.argv``
* converting arg strings into objects for your program
* formatting and printing any help messages
* and much more ... 

For those familiar with the optparse module from the Python standard
library, argparse improves on this module in a number of ways,
including:

    * handling positional arguments
    * supporting sub-commands
    * allowing alternative option prefixes like ``+`` and ``/``
    * handling zero-or-more and one-or-more style arguments
    * producing more informative usage messages
    * providing a much simpler interface for custom types and actions

REQUIREMENTS & INSTALLATION
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The argparse module requires Python 2.3 or greater, and can be
installed with the standard Python installation procedure:

  python setup.py install


AVAILABILITY & DOCUMENTATION
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The latest version of argparse, along with API documentation and
examples can be found at:

  http://code.google.com/p/argparse/