Duncan Booth wrote:
from optparse import OptionParser
usage = "usage: %prog [options] arg1 arg2"
epilog = "that's all folks!"
parser = OptionParser(usage=usage, epilog=epilog)
parser.parse_args(['', '--help'])
> Usage: [options] arg1 arg2
>
> Options:
> -h, --help show
Thanks for the help, all. Somone pointed out the 'epilogue' attribute
to OptionParser that is new in Python 2.5, which does exactly what I
am looking for. I did read the optparse docs for 2.5 fully before
posting this question, and now that I've taken a second look, I see
that epilog is NOT DOCUM
"Count László de Almásy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Is there a standard way with optparse to include a blurb of text after
> the usage section, description, and the list of options? This is
> often useful to include examples or closing comments when the help
> message is printed out. Many of t
Count László de Almásy wrote:
> Is there a standard way with optparse to include a blurb of text after
> the usage section, description, and the list of options? This is
> often useful to include examples or closing comments when the help
> message is printed out. Many of the GNU commands do this
Count László de Almásy wrote:
> Is there a standard way with optparse to include a blurb of text after
> the usage section, description, and the list of options? This is
> often useful to include examples or closing comments when the help
> message is printed out. Many of the GNU commands do this
Is there a standard way with optparse to include a blurb of text after
the usage section, description, and the list of options? This is
often useful to include examples or closing comments when the help
message is printed out. Many of the GNU commands do this.
It would look something like this:
