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How to Create a Command-line Application with Python and argparse

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Mike Driscoll
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When you are creating an application, you will usually want to be able to tell your application how to do something. There are two popular methods for accomplishing this task. You can make your application accept command-line arguments or you can create a graphical user interface. Some applications support both.

Command-line interfaces are helpful when y…

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