Examples using Argh

Argh is a great library to use in simplifying the work to create console scripts. While the library is clear, simple, and easy to use, there are many ways to go about creating console scripts and argh is intended to be flexible.

This repository contains various examples hacked together to test and show how argh functions.

Usage

Create a virtualenv, then install with python setup.py install. You should then see the following scripts in the venv:

(argh) % ls $WORKON_HOME/argh/bin/z*

z zall zdump zload

The commands in action

(argh)% z

(argh)% z --help
usage: z [-h] [-m]

optional arguments:
  -h, --help   show this help message and exit
  -m, --myarg  Test arg. (default: True)


(argh)% z --myarg
my arg:  False


(argh)% zall
usage: zall [-h] {cmd,load,dump} ...
zall: error: too few arguments

(argh)% zall --help
usage: zall [-h] {cmd,load,dump} ...

positional arguments:
  {cmd,load,dump}
    cmd
    load
    dump

optional arguments:
  -h, --help       show this help message and exit


(argh)% zall load --help
usage: zall load [-h] [-m]

optional arguments:
  -h, --help   show this help message and exit
  -m, --myarg  Test arg. (default: True)


(argh)% zall load --myarg
loading:  False


(argh)% zload --help
usage: zload [-h] [-m]

optional arguments:
  -h, --help   show this help message and exit
  -m, --myarg  Test arg. (default: True)
(argh)% zload --myarg
loading:  False