Python CLI Tips and Tricks Michał Moroz

Here's a bunch of things you need for your next CLI script. Or you didn't know you needed them. Or perhaps you don't need them now, but will come in handy in the future.

• Docopt, ConfigParser and setup.py
  • Docopt – a better alternative to argparse.
  • ConfigParser – settings, API tokens, etc.
• Smart open - read/write to STDIN/STDOUT or file
  • A modified open that uses STDIN/STDOUT if - is provided as the file name.
  • Useful if you need to handle both script -o file and script (the latter one printing out to console).
  • Handy if you use your Python tools in Bash scripting.

More tips to follow!