From 930c12d33e1093f874a4beb4d6376621e464e8c0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Terry Truong Date: Sat, 20 Aug 2022 13:16:21 +1000 Subject: Use argparse in python scripts --- backend/tolData/addPickedNames.py | 13 +++++-------- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) (limited to 'backend/tolData/addPickedNames.py') diff --git a/backend/tolData/addPickedNames.py b/backend/tolData/addPickedNames.py index d56a0cb..9b56422 100755 --- a/backend/tolData/addPickedNames.py +++ b/backend/tolData/addPickedNames.py @@ -3,14 +3,11 @@ import sys import sqlite3 -usageInfo = f""" -Usage: {sys.argv[0]} - -Reads alt-name data from a file, and adds it to the database's 'names' table. -""" -if len(sys.argv) > 1: - print(usageInfo, file=sys.stderr) - sys.exit(1) +import argparse +parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description=""" +Reads alt-name data from a file, and adds it to the database's 'names' table +""", formatter_class=argparse.RawDescriptionHelpFormatter) +parser.parse_args() dbFile = "data.db" pickedNamesFile = "pickedNames.txt" -- cgit v1.2.3